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Reuters: Tajikistan Blames Islamist Militants For Ambush

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Tags: Ambush, Islamism, Tajikistan, Terrorism

Tajikistan said on Monday foreign Islamist militants were responsible for killing at least 23 troops in an ambush near its border with Afghanistan, the latest attack to threaten stability in the Central Asian state.

Defense Ministry spokesman Faridoon Makhmadaliyev said Sunday's "terrorist act" had been carried out by militants linked to former warlords who fought against the government in a civil war in the 1990s.

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