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*Daesh Militants Transfered From Pakistan to Tajikistan - Russian Official* © REUTERS / Ali Hashisho *MIDDLE EAST* <https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/> 13:01 28.01.2019(updated 13:19 28.01.2019)*Get short URL* 3 <https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201901281071880974-daesh-militants-choppers/#comments> 05 *Earlier, Chief of Iranian General Staff Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri accused the US of transferring Daesh* terrorists to Afghanistan after the jihadist group's defeat in Syria and Iraq.* Unidentified helicopters transported a large number of Daesh* terrorists from Pakistan to the border with Tajikistan, close to Russia's southern borders, Russian Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov said on Monday. Pakistan and Tajikistan are separated by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor region. According to the Russian minister, there may be some preparations for a provocation that may affect Russia. Last year, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported that US helicopters evacuated Daesh leaders from several areas across the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor to the country's northeast. The US-led coalition, in turn, denied all accusations. **Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State/IS), a terrorist group banned in Russia and a wide number of other countries.*
