Tajikistani Civil War

Tajikistani Civil War
Part of the post-Soviet conflicts and spillover of the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Spetsnaz soldiers of the 15th Independent Special Forces Brigade during the Civil War
Date5 May 1992 – 27 June 1997
(5 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Result Stalemate
Belligerents

 Tajikistan

 Russia
 Uzbekistan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan Supported by:

United Tajik Opposition

Afghanistan Afghanistan (until 1996)
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until 1996)
Afghanistan Taliban factions[a]
Supported by:
al-Qaeda[5]
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
 Iran (alleged, denied)[6]
Commanders and leaders
Tajikistan Rahmon Nabiyev
Tajikistan Akbarsho Iskandrov
Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
Russia Boris Yeltsin
Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev
United NationsJordan Hassan Abaza
Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (UTO)
Mohammed Sharif Himmatzade (IRP)
Ibn al-Khattab
Shadman Youssof (Democratic Party)
Strength
Tajikistan 42,000–45,000
Russia 5,000–15,000 border troops
Uzbekistan 20,600
Kazakhstan 10,300
Kyrgyzstan 278[7]
Estimated around 50,000–70,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
20,000[8]–150,000 killed[9]
1.2 million displaced
  1. ^ The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was headed by the Taliban and governed 90 percent of Afghanistan, officially declared their neutrality in the conflict, though several Taliban factions went on to fight on the side of the opposition nonetheless.[4]

The Tajikistani Civil War,[pron 1] also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 and ended in June 1997. Regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan rose up against the newly-formed government of President Rahmon Nabiyev, which was dominated by people from the Khujand and Kulob regions. The rebel groups were led by a combination of liberal democratic reformers[10] and Islamists, who would later organize under the banner of the United Tajik Opposition. The government was supported by Russian military and border guards.[11]

The main zone of conflict was in the country's south, although disturbances occurred nationwide.[12][13] The civil war was at its peak during its first year and continued for five years, devastating the country.[12][14] An estimated 20,000[8] to 150,000[9] people were killed in the conflict, and about 10 to 20 percent of the population of Tajikistan were internally displaced.[11] On 27 June 1997, Tajikistan president Emomali Rahmon, United Tajik Opposition (UTO) leader Sayid Abdulloh Nuri and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Gerd Merrem signed the General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan and the Moscow Protocol in Moscow, Russia, ending the war.[15]

  1. ^ "Tajikistan: President Meets With Popular Front Commanders". Radio Liberty Archives. 9 July 1997. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Американцы боятся белорусских танков. Белоруссия американских санкций не боится" [Americans are afraid of Belarusian tanks. Belarus is not afraid of American sanctions]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 1 March 2002. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ethnic Factors and Local Self-Government in Tajikistan". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ^ Jonson, Lena (25 August 2006). Tajikistan in the New Central Asia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781845112936. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ^ Inside Al Qaeda: global network of terror, by Rohan Gunaratna, pg. 169
  6. ^ "Iran dismisses Tajik civil war claims as attempt to damage ties". Reuters. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Боевые действия на таджикско-афганской границе (начало 1990–х гг.)". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b Pannier, Bruce (26 June 2017). "The Many Agents Of Tajikistan's Path To Peace". Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "The Peace Deal That Ended Tajikistan's Bloody Civil War". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ^ Dubovitsky, Viktor (February 2003). "Features of the ethnic and confessional situation in the Republic of Tajikistan" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
  11. ^ a b Pannier, Bruce (23 June 2017). "Tajikistan's Civil War: A Nightmare The Government Won't Let Its People Forget". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  12. ^ a b "The Tajik civil war: Causes and dynamics". Conciliation Resources. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  13. ^ Hays, Jeffrey. "TAJIKISTAN CIVIL WAR – Facts and Details". factsanddetails.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  14. ^ Pannier, Bruce (9 October 2018). "Tajikistan's Unconquerable Gorno-Badakhshan Region". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  15. ^ Tajikistan Civil War Archived 14 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine Global Security


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