#Kyrgyzstan says it had arrested 15 suspected supporters of #ISIS – a growing concern in Central Asian countries following a March attack in Moscow claimed by the terrorist group.https://t.co/LLu7vNVOrl
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Kyrgyzstan on Friday said it had arrested 15 suspected supporters of ISIS — a growing concern in Central Asian countries following a March attack in Moscow claimed by the terrorist group.
"The state committee for national security has ended the activities of a clandestine radical group, whose members were actively promoting [ISIS] ideology," the Kyrgyz security service said in a statement.
"In total, 15 people were arrested in the capital Bishkek and around the country," the security service said, adding that "one of the leaders of the group was under the orders of a member of [ISIS] in Afghanistan," known as Khorasan.
The ISIS offshoot has been classified by the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
as "the biggest terrorist threat in Afghanistan and Central Asia" and is one of the main security challenges for countries in Central Asia that border Afghanistan.
This concern has increased following a mass shooting attack claimed by Khorasan on March 22 in Moscow in which at least 144 people were killed — the biggest corpse count in an attack in Russia since 2004.
| That’s the one that took place in Crocus City Hall. |
Kyrgyzstan is a secular country with a Moslem majority where there are frequent waves of arrests of murderous Moslems — particularly in the more religious south of the country.
In Afghanistan, the security situation has improved since the return of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...to power in 2021. But some gangs, including Khorasan, continue to claim attacks.
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