Abstract. The participation of extremists from post-Soviet Central Asia in jihadist terrorist activities in recent years gives reason to fear that this region may be considered as one of the centers of international terrorism. The terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow in 2024 has particularly highlighted the danger of terrorists and extremists associated with the Central Asian region. Meanwhile, the expert community recognizes that Central Asia itself rarely encounters terrorist attacks, but the involvement of people from it in terrorist activities in a number of other countries (from Russia to Western states) is very worrying. In 1990-2000, Islamist radical organizations in Central Asia focused mainly on attempts to organize an "Islamic revolution" in the region, but later they relocated to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where militants of Central Asian origin became an important element of an international terrorist conglomeration. And in Syria and Iraq, during the time of ISIS activity, Central Asia was even called the third largest place of origin for foreign jihadist jihadists. But the activities of extremist Islamists are not limited to Middle Eastern conflict zones. The year 2017 marked a kind of peak in terrorist activity by extremists from Central Asia in Western countries, which became evidence of their appearance on the "forefront of international terrorism". The intensification of the Islamic State—Khorasan Province group operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan reinforces these concerns in connection with attempts to recruit representatives of the Central Asian region to participate in subversive activities in various locations on a global level. The particular danger of this group lies not only in its ability to carry out terrorist activities in the AfPak region and beyond, but also in the propaganda and recruitment work carried out by this extremist group among people from post-Soviet Central Asia (both living in their native countries and scattered across other countries, including Russia).