variants
or Tadzhik
1
: a member of a Persian-speaking ethnic group living in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and adjacent areas of central Asia
2
: the form of Persian spoken by the Tajiks
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Lucas Webber, senior threat intelligence analyst at Tech Against Terrorism, a nongovernmental organization, said ISIS-K initially focused on Tajik immigrants in the West but has broadened its effort to other ethnic communities.
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Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2024
Four more Tajik nationals – also held in ICE detention facilities – are awaiting removal flights to Central Asia, and U.S. officials anticipate they'll be returned in the coming few weeks.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2024
Russian officials say the four alleged Moscow gunmen are Tajik.
—Fatema Hosseini, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Analysts say the Tajik minority in Afghanistan is also less represented by the Pashto Taliban government, adding to the anger at discrimination felt by Tajiks across the former Soviet Union.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 25 July 2024
The authorities had previously told parents to give their children traditional Tajik names, rather than Arabic or foreign-sounding names.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 July 2024
Moscow rhetorically blames the attack on Ukraine and the West but admits it was actually carried out by Tajik citizens linked to the international organization known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is based in Afghanistan and has been declared a terrorist group by Moscow.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
Here’s how our border mess could become an election-year nightmare:
Imagine that hundreds of Tajik migrants from Central Asia enter the United States through a smuggling network that the FBI subsequently discovers might have links to the Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Attacking both the Taliban and Western enemies Tajik nationals have been involved in many of these attacks.
—Fatema Hosseini, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
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Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2024
Four more Tajik nationals – also held in ICE detention facilities – are awaiting removal flights to Central Asia, and U.S. officials anticipate they'll be returned in the coming few weeks.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2024
Russian officials say the four alleged Moscow gunmen are Tajik.
—Fatema Hosseini, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Analysts say the Tajik minority in Afghanistan is also less represented by the Pashto Taliban government, adding to the anger at discrimination felt by Tajiks across the former Soviet Union.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 25 July 2024
The authorities had previously told parents to give their children traditional Tajik names, rather than Arabic or foreign-sounding names.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 July 2024
Moscow rhetorically blames the attack on Ukraine and the West but admits it was actually carried out by Tajik citizens linked to the international organization known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is based in Afghanistan and has been declared a terrorist group by Moscow.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
Here’s how our border mess could become an election-year nightmare:
Imagine that hundreds of Tajik migrants from Central Asia enter the United States through a smuggling network that the FBI subsequently discovers might have links to the Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Attacking both the Taliban and Western enemies Tajik nationals have been involved in many of these attacks.
—Fatema Hosseini, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Tajik.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tajik. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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