December 28 2010
The Afghan government has extradited four Tajik citizens, including two who were involved in a prison break four months ago, Interfax-AVN reports.
The fugitives were among 25 convicts who escaped from a Dushanbe prison in August. Five guards were killed in the jail break.
Three Afghan citizens were also captured; they will remain in their country.
The other two Tajiks are members of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) terrorist group, said officials, as noted by...
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