Civil War of Tajikistan

Tajikistani Civil War

Rally at Shakhidon Square, Dushanbe in 1992

Date

5 May 1992 – 27 June 1997
(5 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)

Location

Tajikistan

Result

Tajik/Russian victory

United Nations-sponsored armistice
"Comprehensive Peace Agreement" signed* Rahmon wins the 1999 Tajik presidential election
The UTO, which was mainly represented by Islamist fighters, is promised 30% of the ministerial positions

Belligerents

Tajikistan

Russia

Uzbekistan

United Tajik Opposition

Islamic State of Afghanistan
Taliban factions¹
Supported by:

al-Qaeda

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Emomali Rahmon

Islam Karimov

Boris Yeltsin

Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (UTO)

Mohammed Sharif Himmatzade (IRP)
Shadman Youssof (Democratic party)

Strength

unknown

15,000–25,000 border troops

unknown

Estimated around 100,000–200,000

Casualties and losses

unknown

50,000–100,000 killed
1.2 million displaced

¹The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was headed by the Taliban and governed 90% of Afghanistan, officially declared their neutrality in the conflict, though several Taliban factions went on to fight on the side of the opposition nonetheless.

Tajik/Russian victory

United Tajik Opposition

Islamic State of Afghanistan
Taliban factions¹
Supported by:

The Tajikistani Civil War (Tajik: Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, Jangi şahrvandi‘i Tojikiston/Çangi şahrvandiji Toçikiston); also known as the Tajik Civil War or the War in Tajikistan, began in May 1992 when ethnic groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan, which were mainly Islamic-oriented groups following Wahabi ideology, rose up against the government of President Rahmon Nabiyev, which was dominated by people from the Khujand and Kulyab regions. Politically, the rebel groups were led by liberal democratic reformers and Islamists, who fought together and later organized under the banner of the United Tajik Opposition. By June 1997, an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people had been killed.

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