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Cease Fire – 1997

Fighting between UTO forces and the military was not uncommon in 1997, but the CNR was active. There were bombings in September 1997 — after the return of rebel leader, Abdullo Nuri, following five years of exile in Teheran —which injured 16 people.¹ On 26 September, the CNR issued an appeal to armed groups in the country whose loyalty was not clear to come forward. It declared that they join the government or the UTO by 16 November. After that date they would be considered illegal.²

1. “Bomb injures 16 in Tajikistan after return of opposition leader,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 12, 1997.
2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Tajikistan,” United Nations, (S/1997/859), November 5, 1997.