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ISIS in Central Asia
![Kazakhstan Considers Revoking Terrorists’ Citizenship Kazakhstan Considers Revoking Terrorists’ Citizenship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-23_15-49-00.jpg)
Kazakhstan Considers Revoking Terrorists’ Citizenship
By Catherine Putz
If passed, a range of crimes, from joining a terrorist group to separatism, could be grounds to lose citizenship.
![Is Tajikistan’s Most Famous Militant Gulmurod Khalimov Dead? Is Tajikistan’s Most Famous Militant Gulmurod Khalimov Dead?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-28_12-36-32.jpg)
Is Tajikistan’s Most Famous Militant Gulmurod Khalimov Dead?
By Catherine Putz
Reports say that he was killed in an airstrike on Mosul over the weekend, but he's been declared dead before.
![New Year’s Nightclub Attacker Caught in Istanbul New Year’s Nightclub Attacker Caught in Istanbul](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-17_14-15-51.jpg)
New Year’s Nightclub Attacker Caught in Istanbul
By Catherine Putz
Turkish authorities say Abdulgadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen, confessed after being captured.
![The Central Asian Women on the Frontline of Jihad The Central Asian Women on the Frontline of Jihad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-09_20-49-45.jpg)
The Central Asian Women on the Frontline of Jihad
By Uran Botobekov
While ISIS draws in men to fight, it draws women to serve, marry, and remarry.
![ISIS Uses Central Asians for Suicide Missions ISIS Uses Central Asians for Suicide Missions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-24_14-59-17.jpg)
ISIS Uses Central Asians for Suicide Missions
By Uran Botobekov
As ISIS comes under pressure in Mosul, Central Asian fighters find themselves trapped.
![Central Asian Children Cast as ISIS Executioners Central Asian Children Cast as ISIS Executioners](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-20_15-02-42.jpg)
Central Asian Children Cast as ISIS Executioners
By Uran Botobekov
ISIS often features Central Asia’s children in its propaganda videos, labeling them “Cubs of the Caliphate.”
![Is Central Asia Ready to Face ISIS? Is Central Asia Ready to Face ISIS?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-06_14-35-02.jpg)
Is Central Asia Ready to Face ISIS?
By Uran Botobekov
Central Asian governments, which often conflate extremism and dissent, are unprepared for the risk they face.
![Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia? Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-19_12-46-21.jpg)
Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia?
By Samuel Ramani
Warming security ties between Iran and Turkmenistan could have long-lasting implications.
![ISIS and Central Asia: A Shifting Recruiting Strategy ISIS and Central Asia: A Shifting Recruiting Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-16_18-25-35.jpg)
ISIS and Central Asia: A Shifting Recruiting Strategy
By Uran Botobekov
The region’s leaders must ask themselves if they are ready to deal with new threats tailored to recruit the discontented.
![Diplomatic Access: Kyrgyzstan Diplomatic Access: Kyrgyzstan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-13_02-04-34.jpg)
Diplomatic Access: Kyrgyzstan
By Diplomatic Access
Kyrgyz Ambassador Toktogulov on Central Asian security, Kyrgyz-U.S. relations, and Kyrgyzstan's democracy.
![Just How Many ISIS Fighters Are There in Afghanistan? Just How Many ISIS Fighters Are There in Afghanistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-50-12.jpg)
Just How Many ISIS Fighters Are There in Afghanistan?
By Casey Michel
Estimates from Moscow’s special envoy to Kabul are a constantly changing thing.
![How to Quit the Kazakh Media Game How to Quit the Kazakh Media Game](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-28_15-56-11.jpg)
How to Quit the Kazakh Media Game
By Catherine Putz
Russia vs Turkey and Uzbekistan’s co-opting of the ISIS threat; weekend reads.
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