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Islamist fighters killed 40 Tajik soldiers in an ambush in the Rasht Valley. The fighters are thought to have been led by Mullo Abdullo, an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander who is allied with the Afghan Taliban.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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