DUSHANBE: Special Forces chief of Tajikistan has joined Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces in Syria.
Gulmurod Khalimov is seen in the footage dressed in black and holding a gun. He went missing in early May.
He says he joined IS in protest at Tajikistan’s policy towards religion, which he says is anti-Islamic.
Several of Central Asians are thought have left for Syria, but this is the first known case of such a high profile officer joining the militants.
The authorities in Tajikistan have refused to comment on his whereabouts since his disappearance.
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