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Tajikistan investigates Islamic State threats

DUSHANBE - Tajikistan's security services are investigating unspecified threats of action this month purportedly made by a former commander of the Central Asian nation's elite police force who has defected to Islamic State, security sources said on Tuesday.
Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, who has gone through special forces training in Russia and the United States, joined the militant group last May.
Last week, Washington offered a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the location, arrest, and conviction of Khalimov, describing him as "a key leader" of the Syria- and Iraq-based group.