The Tajikistani Civil War, 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 and Islamists, who would later organize under the banner of the United Tajik Opposition. The government was supported by Russian military and border guards.
Spetsnaz soldiers of the 15th Independent Special Forces Brigade during the Civil War
1990 Dushanbe riots
Holiday flags in Khujand in 2007 in honour of 'Day of National Unity', declared a work-free holiday in 1998.
Satellite photograph of Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu circa 650 AD.
The Samanid ruler Mansur I (961–976)
Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921
Soviet Tajikistan in 1964