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| Kyrgyz bust 2 Hizb-ut-Tahrir members |
| 2006-02-15 |
| Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry today said that Kyrgyz police have detained two men suspected of having ties to Islamist extremists in southern Kyrgyzstan. The ministry says police seized explosives during both arrests. The first arrest happened on 7 February and the second on 13 February. Both detainees are suspected of having links to the banned Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist party that seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, or independent state. Central Asian and Russian authorities have banned the group as an extremist organization and have detained thousands of suspected members in recent years. Hizb ut-Tahrir is also banned throughout the Middle East and in some European countries. Britain is the most recent country to ban the group. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |