18 supporters of Nazarzoda detained in Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s law enforcers have detained 18 more members of an armed anti-government group under the former Deputy Defense Minister of Tajikistan, Abdulhalim Nazarzoda, a spokesman for the country’s interior ministry said.

The local population helped to detain 18 members of the gang and to seize 134 items of weaponry and ammunition," RIA Novosti cited a spokesman as saying.