https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/05/28/tajikistani-swat-commander-joins-islamic-state "The head of the Tajikistani OMON (special police force), Colonel Gulmurjd Khalimov, has publicly announced in a video that he has joined the Islamic State. The colonel had disappeared in late April. In the new video, Khalimov describes in both the Russian and Tajik languages how he joined the Islamists and calls on Tajikistan to wage jihad. The colonel says that “the caliphate will reach Tajikistan and reclaim its lands.” Khalimov talks about his past, about studying in Russia and doing an internship in the United States, and about how he subsequently became disappointed by democracy."