Tajikistan, the primary setting of Scorpion, has been in the news over the weekend after a battle broke out in the capital between government troops and gunmen aligned with the recently removed defense minister, who the government accused of allegiance to ISIS. Earlier this year, the head of Tajikistan's special forces defected to ISIS.
Tajikistan borders Afghanistan, lacks modern infrastructure and economic development, has unprotected borders, and is governed by a corrupt dictatorship that represses Islamic expression. Both the US and Russia are concerned that the former Soviet Republic could foster a future Islamic insurgency that can spill over into neighboring Central Asian countries. In the 1990s, Tajikistan faced a civil war between neo-communists and Muslim rebels.
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