Tajikistan marks Day of National Unity
Conflict had broken out in 1992 between the local forces of Gorno-Badakhshan province in the south and the Central administration of then President Rahmon Nabiyev.
In the southern region of the nation, Russian border guards supported the government, which consisted primarily of former Soviet ruling elite. The opposition was headed by a coalition of liberal democratic reformers and Islamists known as the “United Tajik Opposition” During the conflict, an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 people were killed, and a significant portion of the country’s population had to relocate. In September 1992, opposition protesters forced former leader Rahmon Nabiyev to resign from the presidency. In December 1992, the parliament elected a new administration, and Emomali Rahmon became Tajikistan’s representative.
However, the conflict persisted for an additional four years, aided by groups from neighbouring nations such as Afghanistan. The war peaked in 1992 and 1993, the first two years of the conflict, when Kulobi militias committed homicides, mass killings, village burnings, and expelled people from the Pamiri and Garmi regions to Afghanistan. The civil conflict only ended when President Emmali Rahrom signed the peace treaty on June 27, 1997. On this day, Tajiks celebrate the Day of National Unity, a nationwide holiday.
