Tajikistan Civil War

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The Tajikistan Civil War was a civil war fought from 1992 to 1997 in Tajikistan.

The war, which began in May of 1992 was fought between the old-guard, ruling, Moscow-backed government of Emomali Rahmonov, and disenfranchised regions, democratic liberal reformists, and Islamists loosely organized in the United Tajik Opposition (UTO), sometimes supported by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (now united under the name Islamic Movement of Central Asia). Other combatants and armed bands that flourished in this civil chaos simply reflected the breakdown of central authority rather than loyalty to a political faction. The height of hostilities occurred between 1992 and 1993. In response to the violence the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan was deployed. Most fighting in the early part of the war occurred in the southern part of the country, but by 1996 the rebels were combating Russian troops in the capital city of Dushanbe. Islamic radicals from northern Afghanistan also began to fight Russian troops in the region. A UN-sponsored armistice finally ended the war in 1997. Peaceful elections were held in 1999. Numerous individuals of notability were assassinated during the war, including journalist and politician Otakhon Latifi.

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