Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
97TASHKENT2034
1997-05-01 10:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
how-toP 011026Z MAY 97 FM AMEMBASSY TASHKENT TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6401 INFO AMEMBASSY ALMATY AMCONSUL PESHAWAR AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE USMISSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY BISHKEK
C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 002034
STATE FOR EUR/CEN AND DRL
VIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE
MOSOCWE FOR POL BENNETT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/07
TAGS: KISL PINR PTER UZ PK
SUBJECT: UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
REF: TASHKENT 2018
C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 002034
STATE FOR EUR/CEN AND DRL
VIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE
MOSOCWE FOR POL BENNETT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/07
TAGS: KISL PINR PTER UZ PK
SUBJECT: UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
REF: TASHKENT 2018
1. CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B)
AND (D).
2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK
(PLEASE PROTECT),UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS
SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT"
UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN
NAMANGAN CITY (IN THE FERGANA VALLEY),DEMANDING AN
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS BROKEN UP AND
TAKHIRJON FLED TO AFGHANISTAN. OUR INFORMATION UNTIL NOW
WAS THAT HE, WITH PERHAPS A FEW DOZEN TO A COUPLE HUNDRED
FIGHTERS, WAS WITH THE TAJIK OPPOSITION IN AFGHANISTAN.
3. (C) THE SOURCE FOR THE INFORMATION THAT HE IS IN
PESHAWAR IS HIS BROTHER, PRESUMABLY A RELIABLE ONE. THE
BROTHER ALSO TOLD WHITLOCK THAT UZBEK POLICE HAVE
ARRESTED TWO OF TAKHIRJON'S OTHER BROTHERS, ONE IN
SAMARKAND AND THE SECOND IN NAMANGAN. NEITHER OF THE
ARRESTED BROTHERS IS ISLAMICALLY ACTIVE, HE CLAIMED.
4. (C) WHITLOCK SAID SHE HAS HEARD THAT "JUMABOY
NAMANGANI," TAKHIRJON'S DEPUTY COMMANDER, IS NOW IN
TAVILDARA, TAJIKISTAN, WITH OPPOSITION WARLORD MIRZO RIO.
SHE NOTED THAT THE BRITISH GOLD MINERS RECENTLY HELD
HOSTAGE BY MIRZO RIO INITIALLY COMMENTED TO HER THAT THEY
HAD BEEN SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF UZBEKS WITH THE
WARLORD, BUT THEN REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE ANY
FURTHER.
5. (C) COMMENT: THE GOU'S LONG-STANDING FEAR OF ISLAMIC
ACTIVISTS IS EXACERBATED BY ITS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
TALIBAN ADVANCE IN AFGHANISTAN. IN A RECENT CONVERSATION
WITH THE AMBASSADOR (REFTEL),PRESIDENT KARIMOV LINKED
THE 1992 ADOLAT UPRISING WITH THE DANGER OF CREEPING
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE ARREST OF
TAKHIRJON'S RELATIVES IS ALMOST CERTAINLY LINKED TO THOSE
SAME FEARS, EVEN THOUGH THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE
ADOLAT LEADER'S LOYALTIES LIE MORE WITH THE TAJOPP AND
AFGHAN TAJIK COMMANDER MASSOUD THAN WITH THE TALIBAN.
ESCUDERO
STATE FOR EUR/CEN AND DRL
VIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE
MOSOCWE FOR POL BENNETT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/07
TAGS: KISL PINR PTER UZ PK
SUBJECT: UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
REF: TASHKENT 2018
1. CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B)
AND (D).
2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK
(PLEASE PROTECT),UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS
SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT"
UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN
NAMANGAN CITY (IN THE FERGANA VALLEY),DEMANDING AN
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS BROKEN UP AND
TAKHIRJON FLED TO AFGHANISTAN. OUR INFORMATION UNTIL NOW
WAS THAT HE, WITH PERHAPS A FEW DOZEN TO A COUPLE HUNDRED
FIGHTERS, WAS WITH THE TAJIK OPPOSITION IN AFGHANISTAN.
3. (C) THE SOURCE FOR THE INFORMATION THAT HE IS IN
PESHAWAR IS HIS BROTHER, PRESUMABLY A RELIABLE ONE. THE
BROTHER ALSO TOLD WHITLOCK THAT UZBEK POLICE HAVE
ARRESTED TWO OF TAKHIRJON'S OTHER BROTHERS, ONE IN
SAMARKAND AND THE SECOND IN NAMANGAN. NEITHER OF THE
ARRESTED BROTHERS IS ISLAMICALLY ACTIVE, HE CLAIMED.
4. (C) WHITLOCK SAID SHE HAS HEARD THAT "JUMABOY
NAMANGANI," TAKHIRJON'S DEPUTY COMMANDER, IS NOW IN
TAVILDARA, TAJIKISTAN, WITH OPPOSITION WARLORD MIRZO RIO.
SHE NOTED THAT THE BRITISH GOLD MINERS RECENTLY HELD
HOSTAGE BY MIRZO RIO INITIALLY COMMENTED TO HER THAT THEY
HAD BEEN SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF UZBEKS WITH THE
WARLORD, BUT THEN REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE ANY
FURTHER.
5. (C) COMMENT: THE GOU'S LONG-STANDING FEAR OF ISLAMIC
ACTIVISTS IS EXACERBATED BY ITS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
TALIBAN ADVANCE IN AFGHANISTAN. IN A RECENT CONVERSATION
WITH THE AMBASSADOR (REFTEL),PRESIDENT KARIMOV LINKED
THE 1992 ADOLAT UPRISING WITH THE DANGER OF CREEPING
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE ARREST OF
TAKHIRJON'S RELATIVES IS ALMOST CERTAINLY LINKED TO THOSE
SAME FEARS, EVEN THOUGH THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE
ADOLAT LEADER'S LOYALTIES LIE MORE WITH THE TAJOPP AND
AFGHAN TAJIK COMMANDER MASSOUD THAN WITH THE TALIBAN.
ESCUDERO