2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes

October 2020 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes Insurgency in Gorno-Badakhshan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.svg 300px Gorno-Badakhshan (shaded), Tajikistan 24–25 July 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan Inconclusive Tajikistan Tajikistan 25 px Armed Forces of Tajikistan Local anti-government militants 25 px Emomali Rahmon Tolib AyyombekovColonel Boqir Unknown Unknown 41 killedTajikistan accuses crime gangs of violating ceasefire by attacking police stationAugust 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes 23 wounded 30 killed17 Tajik security officers killed40 detained Disputed number of civilians casualties The Gorno-Badakhshan clashes consisted of fighting between Tajik government forces and an armed group led by Tolib Ayyombekov in Tajikistan's semi-autonomous Gorno-Badakhshan province in late July 2012.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/24/tajikistan-soldiers-killed-gorno-badakhshan?newsfeed=true Tajikistan soldiers killed in operation against former warlord Associated Press 24 July 2012 The Guardian 25 July 2012 The Western media described the fighting as the worst in Tajikistan since 2010 or the 1992–1997 civil war.http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65705 Tajikistan: Will Ceasefire End Deadly Conflict in Gorno-Badakhshan? 25 July 2012 Eurasianet 25 July 2012 Background On 21 July, Major-General Abdullo Nazarov, head of the Tajik national intelligence agency's branch in Gorno-Badakhshan, was fatally stabbed in Ishkashimhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18965366 Tajikistan clashes: 'Many dead' in Gorno-Badakhshan 24 July 2012 BBC News 25 July 2012http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/07/24/tajik-officials-about-40-dead-in-fighting-between-troops-militants/ https://archive.today/20130208232210/http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/07/24/tajik-officials-about-40-dead-in-fighting-between-troops-militants/ dead 8 February 2013 Tajik Officials: About 40 Dead in Fighting Between Troops, Militants 24 July 2012 Voice of America 25 July 2012 after being dragged out of his car.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/07/201272534812696832.html Deadly fighting erupts in Tajikistan 25 July 2012 Al Jazeera 25 July 2012https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tajikistan-security-idUSBRE86N07820120724 Tajik troops strike ex-warlord after general killed Roman Kozhevnikov 24 July 2012 Reuters 25 July 2012 The Tajik government accused the forces of Tolib Ayyombekov, a former opposition fighter, of responsibility. Ayyombekov had been an opposition combatant during the Tajik Civil War between the United Tajik Opposition and the government led by President Emomali Rahmon. He was given a government post in a subsequent peace deal. However, Ayyombekov, as well as other local leaders such as Muhammadboqir Muhammadboqirov, were gradually driven out as Rahmon again centralised power.Levi-Sanchez Suzanne 2022-08-03 The assassination that shook the Pamir Mountains to the core https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/gorno-badakhshan-mamadboqirov-tajikistan-pamir-mountains/ 2023-04-08 openDemocracy en Rahmon's government had also accused Ayyombekov of tobacco smuggling. Ayyombekov denied any responsibility for Nazarov's death, stating that the general had been killed in a simple bar fight after he fell and struck his head on a rock.https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/soldiers-killed-clashes-tajikistan-16842666#.UBATrbSe7gU Tajikistan Army Clashes With Rebels; Dozens Killed Olga Tutubalina 24 July 2012 ABC News 25 July 2012 Clashes After the government announced that "Ayyombekov and his accomplices have declined to face justice," phone and internet communications were cut off to the Gorno-Badakhshan capital of Khorog. Tajikistan's most popular news website was also shut down and the personnel of international aid groups were evacuated. Roadblocks were erected on roads leading into the area. Tajik military forces then moved into the province after which "heavy fighting" ensued on 24 July with militants loyal to Ayyombekov and Muhammadboqirov in the streets of Khorog. Ayyombekov estimated in an interview that 800 Tajik soldiers had been deployed to the area. Residents reported seeing armored vehicles and helicopter gunships. State-owned television reported that 23 soldiers had been wounded, but no soldiers or civilians had been killed. Initial casualty reports varied. BBC News reported at least 12 soldiers and 30 militants had been killed, but also spoke with a hospital source who reported more than 100 military personnel and 100 civilians dead. The Associated Press cited an unnamed government source as stating that at least twenty soldiers had been killed, while the chief military prosecutor, Khairullo Saidov, suffered a foot injury. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that snipers had killed at least six civilians, including children. Al Jazeera reported 12 dead soldiers and 30 dead rebels, as well as more than 20 wounded soldiers. President Rahmon ordered a halt to operations the following day, stating that rebel commanders had agreed to make "concessions," and called on all Gorno-Badakhshan militant groups to disarm.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18985559 Tajik President Rakhmon halts Gorno-Badakhshan attack 25 July 2012 BBC News 25 July 2012 Reuters reported that Defence Minister Sherali Khayrulloyev had travelled to the area to offer amnesty to all militant leaders who surrendered.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tajikistan-security-idUKBRE86O0FC20120725 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033153/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tajikistan-security-idUKBRE86O0FC20120725 dead 7 March 2016 Tajik forces end military offensive Roman Kozhevnikov 25 July 2012 Reuters 25 July 2012 In the aftermath of the fighting, on August 22, 2012, former Tajik opposition leader Imomnazar Imomnazarov was killed, by what many locals suspect to be the Tajik government.2012-08-22 Tajikistan: Gorno-Badakhshan Rally Turns Violent After Commander Assassinated Eurasianet https://eurasianet.org/tajikistan-gorno-badakhshan-rally-turns-violent-after-commander-assassinated 2023-05-18 See also Andijan massacre References 30em Further reading Bleuer Christian State-building, migration and economic development on the frontiers of northern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan Journal of Eurasian Studies 3 1 2012 69–79 10.1016/j.euras.2011.10.008 free Rezvania Babak Post-conflict Tajikistan: The Politics of Peacebuilding and the Emergence of Legitimate Order Ethnopolitics 10 3–4 2011 470–472 10.1080/17449057.2011.596694 145109477 Tunçer-Kilavuza Idil Understanding Civil War: A Comparison of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Europe-Asia Studies 63 2 263–290 2011 10.1080/09668136.2011.547698 154288633 Category:2012 in Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan_clashes Category:Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshan_clashes Category:Battles involving Tajikistan