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Tajiks top suicide bombers for ISIL, says Dutch think tank

Staff Report

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -- Tajiks were the most numerous Central Asian suicide bombers in Syria and Iraq for the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) in 2016, according to a February report by the Dutch-based International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT).

From December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016, 27 Tajik nationals blew themselves up in Syria and Iraq, according to "War by Suicide: a Statistical Analysis of the Islamic State's Martyrdom Industry." The numbers for other Central and South Asian countries were Uzbekistan, 4; Kazakhstan, 2; Afghanistan, 2; and Pakistan, 1.

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