A Pakistani media reported that the commander of the extremist forces of the Uyghur race, known as Hizb-i-Islami Turkestan, which China has included in the list of terrorist organizations, along with several others, joined the army of this country from the leader of the armed forces ruling Syria.
Online media Khorasan Dairi today quoted the website of Hizb-e-Islami Turkestan and wrote that the nightmare of the Chinese came to life in Syria; Abdulaziz Daoud Khoda Bardi, the commander of Hizb-i-Islami Turkestan forces in Syria, was appointed with the rank of Jagrani in the Syrian army.
The East Turkestan independence movement is a term that refers to the supporters of the independence of East Turkestan in the area that is now called the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China.
Beijing believes that Hizb Islami Turkestan is a terrorist movement that consists of Uyghur radical forces in western China; Pakistan has also included Hizb-e-Islami Turkestan (Eastern) in the list of terrorist groups.
