A former warlord sought until recently by Tajikistan's authorities says he has handed in a cache of weapons and pledged to assist the government in hunting down militants, The Guardian reported with reference to The Canadian press.
Mirzokhodzha Akhmadov said Tuesday that he and his supporters have surrendered several rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Authorities last summer announced they were seeking to arrest Akhmadov on suspicion of involvement in an attack on a military convoy that claimed 25 lives.
But Akhmadov, who was an opposition warlord during Tajikistan's 1992-1997 civil war, later surrendered to the government amid promises to assist security forces in capturing prominent militants.
A spike in violence and terror attacks last year aroused fears of a new outbreak of conflict in the country.