Nazarzoda: I'm not to blame

The former Deputy Defense Minister of Tajikistan, Abdulhalima Nazarzoda, has declared his innocence in a recent series of attacks on the security forces of the country on the opposition web portal tajinfo.tj.

"According to Nazarzoda's message, the government has planned several attacks on police stations to denigrate the former field commanders. The government intended to put the bodies of already killed commanders in those places already after these attacks and to announce that they were killed during the fighting. They were able to simulate it only in Vahdat, which was attacked by the security forces of Tajikistan," the statement said.

The general also explained the government's actions were due to an attempt to eliminate the former leaders of the United Tajik Opposition due to the fact that they refused to agree to the liquidation of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.