Republic of Tajikistan
The Republic of Tajikistan, in Central Asia with its capital at Dushanbe, became independent on 9 September 1991. From 1992 to 1997 a civil war was fought between the government and the United Tajik Opposition, ending with a peace agreement signed in Moscow in June 1997. In November 1992 Emomali Rahmonov took charge, first as chairman of the Supreme Soviet and from 1994 as president; in 2007 he changed his surname to Rahmon.
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Events on its territory
- 1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War