However, dissident Islamist militants led by Tohir Yo‘ldosh and Juma Namangani formed the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in 1998, allying with Al-Qaeda and vowing to unite Central Asia as an Islamic state.
On the other hand, a group of Islamist insurgents, led by Tohir Yo‘ldosh and Juma Namangani, created the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in 1998, teaming up with Al-Qaeda and seeking to bring together Central Asia as a single Islamic nation.