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Tajik Civil War

Tajikistani Civil War
RIAN archive 466496 Rally on Shakhidon square.jpg
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

Military stalemate

  • 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
Armenia Armenian mercenaries

United Tajik Opposition

Afghanistan Islamic State of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Taliban factions1
Supported by:

al-Qaeda
Iran Iran
Pakistan Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
Russia Boris Yeltsin 		Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (UTO)
Mohammed Sharif Himmatzade (IRP)
Shadman Youssof (Democratic party)
Strength
Tajikistan unknown
Russia 15,000–25,000 border troops
Uzbekistan unknown		 Estimated around 100,000–200,000
Casualties and losses
unknown 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.

Military stalemate

United Tajik Opposition

Afghanistan Islamic State of Afghanistan
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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