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The Tajiks are the principal ethnic group in most of Tajikistan, as well as in northern and western Afghanistan, though there are more Tajiks in Afghanistan than in Tajikistan. Tajiks are a substantial minority in Uzbekistan, as well as in overseas communities. Historically, the ancestors of the Tajiks lived in a larger territory in Central ...
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed to Republic of Tajikistan. September 9: During the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan left. [6] 1992: May 5: Tajikistani Civil War: A civil war began. 1993: February 23: Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan was founded. 1994: November 16: Emomali Rahmon became the 3rd president of ...
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.
This is a timeline of Afghan history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Afghanistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Afghanistan. See also the list of heads of state of Afghanistan and the list of years in Afghanistan
The Tajikistani Civil War, [pron 1] 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.
c. 1350 BC: Migration of waves of Iranian tribes begin from the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex westwards to the Iranian plateau, western Afghanistan and western Iran. According to the Avesta ( Vendidad 1.1-21), they are compelled to leave their homeland Airyana Vaēǰah because Aŋra Mainyu so altered the climate that the winter ...
Islamic State of Afghanistan Taliban factions 2 [3] Supported by: al-Qaeda [4] Victory. Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed; Rahmon wins the 1999 Tajik presidential election; The UTO is promised 30% of the ministerial positions. [5] Tajikistan insurgency (2010–2012) Tajikistan: United Tajik Opposition. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Victory
The Tajiks are the direct descendants of the Iranian peoples whose continuous presence in Central Asia and northern Afghanistan is attested from the middle of the 1st millennium BC. The ancestors of the Tajiks constituted the core of the ancient population of Khwārezm (Khorezm) and Bactria, which formed part of Transoxania (Sogdiana).