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
Date	5 May 1992 – 27 June 1997; (5 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Tajikistan
Result	Armistice
Belligerents
/ Tajikistan Popular Front of Tajikistan; Communist Party of Tajikistan; Socialist Party of Tajikistan; ; / Russia; Uzbekistan; / Kazakhstan; / Kyrgyzstan Supported by:; Belarus (weapons supplies); UNMOT Austria; Bangladesh; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Denmark; Ghana; Hungary; Indonesia; Jordan; Nepal; Nigeria; Poland; Switzerland; Ukraine; Uruguay; ;	United Tajik Opposition Islamic Renaissance Party; Tajik Democratic Party; Party of People's Unity; Rastokhez Popular Movement; Lali Badakhshan; ; Afghanistan (until 1996) Jamiat-e Islami (until 1996); ; Supported by: al-Qaeda; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Taliban; Iran (alleged, denied by Iran);
Commanders and leaders
/ Rahmon Nabiyev ; / Akbarsho Iskandrov ; Emomali Rahmon ; Islam Karimov ; / Boris Yeltsin ; / Nursultan Nazarbayev ; / Askar Akayev ; 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	Estimated around 50,000–70,000
Casualties and losses
302 killed, 1,583 wounded (only Russian casualties)	Unknown
	20,000–150,000 killed; 1.2 million displaced

The Tajikistani Civil War was an armed conflict in Tajikistan that 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.

The main zone of conflict was in the country's south, although disturbances occurred nationwide. The civil war was at its peak during its first year and continued for five years, devastating the country. An estimated 20,000 to 150,000 people were killed in the conflict, and about 10 to 20 percent of the population of Tajikistan were internally displaced. 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.