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Alpha Group (Tajikistan)
The Tajik Alpha Group ( Russian: Альфа) is an elite unit of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, tasked to conduct counter-terrorism operations in Tajikistan. The unit is modeled after the Soviet KGB's Alpha Group. History During the Tajik civil war, special forces units were formed to support the Tajik National Army, with the first of these units forming in 1991. The unit's first operators were drawn from the former Special Forces of the KGB of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. This laid the groundwork for the Alpha Group. Many members would later split off and form the 7th Airborne Assault Battalion in 1997. Post-USSR breakup The elimination of the dissident warlord Rahmon Sanginov (also known as Rahmon Hitler) and his fighters in the summer 2001 is often described as the Tajik Alphas' first major successful operation. In October 2010, during the government military operation against several renegade warlords in the Rasht Valley, a military hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Committee For National Security (Tajikistan)
The State Committee for National Security (SCNS; tg, Кумитаи давлатии амнияти миллӣ, Kumitai Davlatii Amniyati Millī; russian: Государственный комитет национальной безопасности) is the principal national security and intelligence agency of Tajikistan. Its main responsibilities include internal and border security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, fighting organized crime, and surveillance. The chairman of the committee and all of his deputies are appointed by and answerable to the president of Tajikistan. Colonel General Saimumin Yatimov has served as the SCNS chairman since September 2, 2010. The SCNS is governed by the Law About National Security Bodies of the Republic of Tajikistan. Its activity is formally overseen by the Office of the Prosecutor General, although in practice the external oversight of the SCNS is virtually non-existent. History The SCNS is the Tajik success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika'' also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan and Tajik SSR, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1929 to 1991 located in Central Asia. The Tajik Republic was created on 5 December 1929 as a national entity for the Tajik people within the Soviet Union. It succeeded the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR), which had been created on 14 October 1924 as a part of the predominantly Turkic peoples, Turkic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbek SSR in the process of National delimitation in the Soviet Union, national delimitation in Soviet Central Asia. On 24 August 1990, the Tajik SSR declared sovereignty in its borders. The republic was renamed the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two percent of its population.''Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008'', State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 Name The official English name of the autonomous region is the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region. The name "Badakhshan" (russian: Бадахшан, Badakhshan; tg, Бадахшон, Badaxşon) is derived from the Sasanian title or . "Gorno-Badakhshan" literally means "mountainous Badakhshan" and is derived from the Russian name of the autonomous region, . The Russian abbreviation "GBAO" is also commonly used in English-language publications by national and international bodies such as the government of Tajikistan and the United Nations. History Prior to 1895, several semi-self governing statelet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group (ICG; also known as the Crisis Group) is a transnational non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 1995. It is a think tank, used by policymakers and academics, performing research and analysis on global crises. ICG has described itself as "working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world". The International Crisis Group (ICG) states that it provides early warning through its monthly ''CrisisWatch'' bulletin, a global conflict tracker which is designed to identify both risks of escalation and opportunities to advance peace. The organisation says that it produces detailed analysis and advice on specific policy issues that are affecting conflict or potential conflict situations; that it engages with policy-makers, regional organisations and other key actors to promote peaceful solutions to major conflicts; and that it offers new strategic and tactical thinking on intractable conflicts and crises. They differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abduhalim Nazarzoda
Abduhalim Mirzo Nazarzoda was a military leader in the Tajik National Army and the former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan. Early life He was born in the Guliston village of the Rudaki District of the Tajik SSR on January 1, 1964 to a family of workers. In 1981 he graduated from secondary school No.63 in Dushanbe. After finishing school he worked in a Dushanbe textile factory until 1983. From 1983 to 1985, Nazarzoda served in the Soviet Armed Forces. According to Asia-Plus, between 1993-1997, Nazarzoda was one of the field commanders of the armed formations of the United Tajik Opposition. According to the Ministry of Defense, on September 7, 1997, after signing a peace agreement, Nazarzoda was appointed commander of military unit 31001 of the Tajik National Army. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavildara
Tavildara is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Sangvor District tg, Ноҳияи Сангвор , image_map = Location of Tavildara District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdi .... It is also the district capital. The jamoat has a total population of 5,950 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 15 October 2020 It consists of 20 villages, including Tavildara (the seat) and Yozghand. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajikistan Insurgency
The Tajikistan Insurgency was a military conflict which took place in eastern Tajikistan between the Tajik Army and Islamist militants, led by numerous leaders from the Tajikistani Civil War. The conflict evolved in 2010 and climaxed in 2012, with the defeat of main rebel forces. Other incidents took place in September 2015, when former deputy defense minister Abduhalim Nazarzoda led an armed uprising, suspected of ties to the Islamic Renaissance Party. Insurgency 2010 Rasht Valley offensive On 19 September, more than 25 Tajik soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected Islamist fighters, allied with the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan. The soldiers were part of a 75-man convoy moving through the Rasht Valley, in eastern Tajikistan. They were ambushed while searching for members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who previously escaped from a detention prison in Dushanbe on 25 August. The military column was ambushed by gunmen around midday local time, while passing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Airborne Assault Brigade
The 7th Airborne Assault Brigade ( tg, Бригадаи 7-уми ҳамла ба десанти) is a paratrooper unit of the Tajik Mobile Forces. The Mobile Forces act as the special forces of Tajikistan, subservient to the Defense Ministry. Located in Dushanbe, it forms the backbone of the mobile forces. The brigade is also one of the most combat ready forces in the Tajik Armed Forces. History During the Tajik civil war, special forces units were formed in addition to the regular army. The first of these units that appeared in Tajikistan was the special forces company of the National Security Committee (the former KGB of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic), which was formed in 1991. It was later reorganized into a battalion. As the armed conflict began, it was expanded into a battalion as a practicality. On 2 August 1997, this battalion was transformed into the 7th Airborne Assault Battalion. 12 graduates of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School formed the basis of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajik National Army
tg, Қувваҳои Мусаллаҳи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italics=off , image=File:Tajik Armed Forces Shoulder Patch.jpg , image_size= , image2 = , alt2 = Roundel , caption=The shoulder patch of the armed forces , founded= , current_form= , branches= Ground Forces Air Force Mobile ForcesSecurity Forces ∟ National Guard ∟ Internal Troops ∟ Border Troops , headquarters=Dushanbe , commander-in-chief= Emomali Rahmon , commander-in-chief_title= Supreme Commander-in-Chief , minister= Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo , minister_title= Minister of Defense , commander= Lieutenant-General Emomali Sobirzoda , commander_title= Chief of the General Staff , age= , conscription=18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation – 2 years , manpower_data=2005 est. , manpower_age= , available=1,556,415 , available_f=1,568,780 , fit=1,244,941 , fit_f=1,297,891 , reaching=87,846 , reaching_f=85 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment". Special forces emerged in the early 20th century, with a significant growth in the field during the Second World War, when "every major army involved in the fighting" created formations devoted to special operations behind enemy lines. Depending on the country, special forces may perform functions including airborne operations, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, covert ops, direct action, hostage rescue, high-value targets/manhunt, intelligence operations, mobility operations, and unconventional warfare. In Russian-speaking countries, special forces of any country are typically called , an acronym for "special purpose". In the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajik Civil War
The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 when regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two perce ... regions of Tajikistan rose up against the newly formed government of President Rahmon Nabiyev, which was dominated by people from the Khujand and Kulab, Tajikistan, Kulob regions. The rebel groups were led by a combination of liberal democracy, liberal democratic reformers and Islamists, who would later organize under the banner of the United Tajik Opposition. The government was supported by Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
