President Emomali Rahmon has called on the Sughd regional authorities to intensify fight against crime and phenomena such as terrorism and extremism.
The call came during an address to a meeting of regional administrators in the city of Khujand, the capital of the northern Sughd province on June 29.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the meeting reviewed the results of work carried out in the region over the last year and the first five months of this year.
Speaking at the meeting, the head of state noted that some 8,700 crimes, including 500 crimes related to terrorism and extremism, have been solved in the province over the repot period.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against 715 residents of Sughd; most of them are residents of Isfara, Istaravshan, Asht, Spitamen, Khujand, Panjakent, Jabbor-Rasoulov, Konibodom, Mastchoh, Zafarobod, Buston, Istiqlol and Devashtich, the president noted.
Rahmon pointed to the necessity of intensifying explanatory work among youth in order to prevent radicalization of young people.
He also urged local law enforcement authorities and parents to return young people studying at religious schools abroad illegally or illegally participating in foreign armed conflicts home. Rahmon reminded them of the fact that the government pardons Tajik foreign fighters who voluntarily leave the jihadist group.
