ALMATY: Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov who joined Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) last week now wanted list as Tajikistan issued an international arrest warrant for the commander, prosecutors said on Wednesday, accusing him of treason.
The US-trained Colonel, head of the Central Asian state’s police force known as OMON, disappeared in April.
Last week a video posted online showed him dressed in black, brandishing a sniper rifle and threatening to bring holy war to Russia and the United States.
Khalimov’s defection alarmed many in Tajikistan, an impoverished Muslim nation which borders Afghanistan and is still volatile after a 1992-97 civil war that killed tens of thousands.
Khalimov, 40, is wanted for crimes including high treason and illegal participation in military actions abroad, the Tajik Prosecutor General’s office said in a statement.
