These were part of a larger network used by diverse organizations for recruiting and training fighters for Islamic insurgencies in such places as Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Chechnya.
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Islamic insurgents did not train in the Middle East, preferring to travel to Russia for easy access to Soviet-era arms. 
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