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Demobilization – 1998

UTO fighters continued to register for integration into the military and to get job training, however, many did not remain in the assembly areas, or turn in a weapon. According to one observer, the establishment of a demobilization process lagged behind the registration process. As a result, many UTO troops went back to their homes ¹

1. Grant R. Smith, “Tajikistan: The Rocky Road to Peace,” Central Asian Survey 18, no. 2 (1999):243-251).