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24 May 2011
Tajikistan, by most measures Central Asia’s poorest and most vulnerable state, is now facing yet another major problem: the growing security threat from both local and external insurgencies. After his security forces failed to bring warlords and a small group of young insurgents to heel in the eastern region of Rasht in 2010-2011, President Emomali Rakhmon did a deal to bring a temporary peace to the area. But he may soon face a tougher challenge from the resurgent Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a group with a vision of an Islamist caliphate that is fighting in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban.
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Author | International Crisis Group |
Series | Crisis Group Asia Reports |
Issue | 205 |
Publisher | International Crisis Group (ICG) |
Copyright | © 2011 International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) |