New Kazakhstan based PMC spotted in Zargabad
The group known as SOVREIGN has been making aggressive moves in the increasingly lawless region
International observers in Zargabad, Takistan have reported that a new PMC unit has been sighted in the area. The new group, called SOVREIGN1 is reportedly based in Russia-Kazakhstan border region and is suspected to have deep ties to both governments.
The group has a strong social media presence and has been releasing photos from minor operations and group photos in front of known landmarks such as the prominent blue mosque.
The PMC claims to have a contract in place with the local security forces and seems to be cooperating with them. Observers however noted their ruthlessness during operations, especially against Islamist insurgents.
Additionally, locals have voices serious concerns over both their ideological material and overall goals in the region. Even if they nominally work with the government, they reportedly treat locals very poorly, according to witnesses and people who had contact to their operatives. “they […] will sometimes just shoot their guns to scare kids and everyone around them, while laughing”, said a local man who wished to remain anonymous.
A squad that’s affiliated with the company was involved in an incident three days ago, in which SOVREIGN contractors stormed a doctor’s office. The office, which is part of a former mixed residential and commercial building, was given to Njenga Amondi by city officials. Amondi is a Kenyan volunteer doctor and affiliated with IDAP.
Amondi accused SOVREIGN of violence against them and their staff and heavily protested the allegation that he willingly harboured the terrorists, citing the fact that he had barely ever seen the people living above his clinic, had no issues with them and opened the clinic less than three weeks ago. SOVREIGN PMC has declined to comment on the allegations.
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