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Kyrgyz extremist recruiter sentenced to 9 years in prison

By Ulan Nazarov

OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- The Osh Provincial Court July 21 sentenced a resident of Nookat District, Osh Province, to nine years in prison for terrorist recruitment, the Kyrgyz Supreme Court announced July 28.

Abdirakhmanov, 20, recruited other Kyrgyz to fight for the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) in Syria, the court said.

Police arrested Abdirakhmanov last November 14 at Osh International Airport when he was accompanying a recruit who was trying to go to Syria.

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