A native of Tajikistan has been detained in Afghanistan

He was detained by Taliban security forces on suspicion of membership in ISIS.

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan reported the detention of 3 active members of the group “Islamic State in Khorasan” (ISIS-K). One of them is a citizen of Tajikistan.

In a video released by the Taliban, all three confess to being members of the ISIS-K group. They also stated that they underwent military training to carry out attacks as suicide bombers in the mountains of Balochistan in Pakistan. They are suspected of carrying out a number of terrorist attacks.

One of the detainees stated on camera that his name is Rasul, son of Dilovar, and he is a native of the Kumsangir district (now Jaihun district) of the Khatlon region. According to him, he is known in the ranks of ISIS by the nickname “Usmon.”

Rasul admits in the video that a year and a half ago he was invited via the Telegram messenger to join the ranks of ISIS. After that, he went to the designated location, from where he was taken to the mountains of Balochistan in Pakistan for training.

“In the mountains of Balochistan, there were military camps of the Islamic State. There, for a month and a half, we were trained in ‘aqeedah’. After a month and a half, we were sent to Afghanistan. In Kabul, I lived in the house of an ISIS member named Harun while waiting to carry out a terrorist attack as a suicide bomber,” says Rasul.

It is unknown when the native of Tajikistan was detained. The Afghan news agency “Bokhtar” published the interrogation video on October 3.

The authorities of Tajikistan have not yet commented on the detention of the citizen of the country in Afghanistan.

This is not the first case of the Taliban detaining citizens of Tajikistan. Earlier, in April 2024, it was reported that the Taliban detained two citizens of Tajikistan. At that time, the detainees expressed regret in a video for joining the ranks of ISIS. Their names were published in full.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan claims that the majority of members of the ISIS-K group are from Tajikistan. This group is responsible for terrorist attacks and bombings involving suicide bombers in Afghanistan.