The movement found many recruits following the February 1999 bombings in Tashkent ( where it was accused by the Ukbekistan government of participating in the destruction ) , and after 2001 when it benefited — particularly in Uzbekistan — from the decline of the other important radical Islamic group in Uzbekistan , the salafist jihadist group Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan . As government repression drove HT members out of Ukbekistan they moved to Uzbek areas of other republics and spread the HT message . With time it has spread to among other ethnic groups in the rest of Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Kazakhstan . By 2004 , even ethnic Russians and Koreans were found among arrested HT members . Support for HT is growing among other sectors , teachers , military officers , politicians ( especially those whose relatives have been arrested ) , and other members of the elite
February 1999 bombings
1999 Tashkent bombings
Hizb ut-Tahrir in Central Asia