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Gulmurod Khalimov, Tajikistani police commander turned Islamic State mercenary outlaw

Gulmurod Khalimov

Tajikistani military personnel (1975–2017)

Gulmurod Salimovich Khalimov was a Tajik and Islamist military commander. He was a lieutenant-colonel and commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, when he defected to the Islamic State. In September 2016, he was reported to have…
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Islamic State

Salafi jihadist militant organisation

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant organisation and was a unrecognised quasi-state. IS occupied significant territory in Iraq and…
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May 14

Day of the year

May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 231 days remain until the end of the year.
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