Kyrgyzstan Calls Upon Militants To Disarm
Kyrgyzstan’s National Security Service (SNB) has called upon Islamic militants in the southern Osh Region to lay down their weapons by September 1. Kyrgyz media today quote a SNB statement as saying those who would refuse to disarm would be “harshly punished.” The statement says the call is primarily addressed to members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan — also known as the Islamic Movement of Turkestan — radical Islamic groupings. Full Story