Tajikistan arrests suspected ISIL recruits

Tajikistan has laid under arrest almost 50 young men suspected of preparing to join the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group in Syria.

According to Press TV, on Wednesday, Tajikistan’s prosecutors said the arrests took place on grounds the men were preparing to join militants in Syria.

The men, aged between 20 and 30, were accused of “organizing a criminal group for participating in armed conflicts or warfare in other countries.

Tajikistan’s State National Security Committee (GKNB) estimated in October that “more than 200” Tajiks were fighting in Syria.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has stressed the need for the militaries and security agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, to coordinate their efforts closely to neutralize the ISIL threat.