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VOA Uzbek: Tajik national detained in US on terrorism charges • Feb. 28, 2025, 7:47 PM ET (VOA - Voice of America English News)
Tajik national arrested in US for conspiring to support terrorist organizations • Feb. 27, 2025, 5:35 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Court in Tajikistan jails over 30 people for attempted mass poisoning linked to ISIS offshoot • Feb. 15, 2025, 3:56 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Tajik court issues long jail terms for attempted murder of top Muslim cleric • Feb. 13, 2025, 3:30 AM ET (Straits Times)
Five Islamic State prisoners killed trying to escape from Tajik jail, source says • Feb. 4, 2025, 5:55 AM ET (Straits Times)

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Also Known As Sart • Tadzhik

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Vasily Vladimirovich Bartold
Russian anthropologist