Tajikistan on Monday lifted blocks on websites including Facebook and YouTube it imposed after a police chief appeared in an online video announcing his defection to Daesh, Russia Today reported.

Internet providers restored access to blocked websites, which also included Russian social networks.

Dushanbe had prevented access to the websites on May 28, a day after Colonel Gulmurod Halimov appeared in footage blasting the country's "anti-Islamic policies" and swearing loyalty to Daesh militants.