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Paramilitary Groups: General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan

Implementations

Paramilitary Groups – 1997

On 26 September, the CNR issued an appeal to armed groups in the country whose loyalty was not clear. The message declared that armed groups must join the government or the UTO by 16 November. After that date they would be considered illegal and would be pursued.¹

“Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Tajikistan,” United Nations (S/1997/859), November 5, 1997.

Paramilitary Groups – 1998

The government and the CNR remained firm on their message to paramilitary groups. However, several armed groups remained active in the country or across the border inside a neighboring state. In October, UTO forces and government forces engaged in joint attacks against several armed groups operating east of Dushanbe killing a number of people from both groups.¹ In November, government loyalists Colonel Khudoiberdyev led an armed group of 1,000 troops to take Leninabad in northern Tajikistan. A joint Tajik army comprised of former UTO and government soldiers defeated the armed group.²

“Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Tajikistan,” United Nations (S/1998/1029), November 3, 1998.
“Chronology, Accord 10,” Conciliation Resources, March 2001, accessed June 3, 2010.