Khomiddin Sharipov

Khomiddin Sharipov is the Interior Minister of Tajikistan. [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/07/1C895728-875C-4E6E-BA17-688E51B40792.html Tajikistan Detains 10 Suspected IMU Members] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty]

Minister Sharipov fired ten heads of southern district police departments on 4 March 2001 after Tajik-Afghan border police failed to stop cross-border drug trafficking. [http://www.uzbekworld.com/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid983900978,24294, Ten Tajik Police Heads Dismissed for Negligence] Uzbek World]

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Islamic terrorists set off a car bomb outside of the Emergencies Ministry killing two people on 31 December 2005. Sharipov said, "We do not have any theories... We don't know what caused the blast." [http://www.chechentimes.org/en/news?id=25758 Details Still Unclear About Tajik Car Bombing] The Chechen Times]

On 17 April 2006 Sharipov announced that the Tajik Government had arrested four members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and were searching for two more IMU members responsible for the 2005 terrorist bombings in Dushanbe. [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/4/15349b26-e658-4b04-bcfe-d7686164b7a1.html Tajikistan Identifies IMU Suspects In 2005 Blasts] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty] Sharipov announced on 17 July that the government had arrested ten more IMU members in Khujand, three of whom are citizens of Uzbekistan, on 14-15 July. He said, "As far as we know the movement members who are being detained in Tajikistan are trained in Afghanistan and sent to Uzbekistan where they cross the border to Tajiksitan, often illegally. The detained Uzbek nationals are wanted in their country for attempting or committing terrorist acts." [http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002588.html Tajikistan: Ten Suspected Members Of Islamic Terror Group Detained] Western Resistance]

ee also

*Terrorism in Kazakhstan
*Terrorism in Tajikistan
*Terrorism in Uzbekistan

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