US-trained marksman named ISIS’ ‘minister of war’ – as it emerges terror thugs are RAPING kids to shame them into staying on the frontline

A US-trained sniper has reportedly been made ISIS' Minister for War.

Gulmurod Khalimov, a 41-year-old colonel who underwent US special arms training while heading the Tajikistan special police force, has recently accepted the senior post.

The US State Department reportedly has put a $3 million bounty on the jihadi dubbed "The Tajik" who has become one of the world’s most wanted men, .

Khalimov has replaced the infamous ginger jihadi Tarhan Batirashvili, better known as “Omar the Chechen,” who rose through the ranks of ISIS before he was

An unnamed Iraqi intelligence source told the Iraqi News: “The Tajik has been appointed as the successor to the dead terrorist Tarhan Batirashvili who (was) also known as Abu Omar al-Shishani (Omar the Chechen)."

The source added: “The Tajik Golmurud Khalimov was elected as the first military commander in ISIS.

"The organisation did not announce it officially because it fears that once mentioned, there might be a series of airstrikes against them."

The dad of eight became radicalised fairly recently and only joined the Islamic State last year after disappearing while still chief of Tajikistan’s special police force last April.

A month later, he resurfaced in an ISIS video in which he pledged to carry out jihadist attacks against Tajikistan, Russia and the US.

During his 10-minute rant, Khalimov said he attended five counter-terrorism training courses in the US and Tajikistan between 2003 and 2014.

The State Department’s Diplomatic Security/Anti-Terrorism Assistance programme organised the courses, which were also taught by Academi - a private US military company.

In the video, Khalimov also bragged that he received military training in Russia while Tajikistan’s police chief.

His second wife, an ex-press secretary for Tajikistan’s customs service, reportedly has stayed by his side and is also wanted by the authorities.

Interpol has issued a Red Notice for his arrest and extradition to Tajikistan, where he is being sought for treason.

The news comes as it emerges ISIS brutes sickeningly rape children to force them to fight on the frontline.

Local sources in Deir Ezzor said the jihadis film themselves sexually assaulting kids sent to the battlefield to shame them into staying and fighting.

A source told Fars News: "The children who are sent to the warfronts are then again raped by adult terrorists in order to prevent them from fleeing the battlefields."

The depraved thugs then threaten to release the footage and videos to stop the children fleeing.