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Most of Tajikistan's 7 million citizens are Muslims. | Most of Tajikistan's 7 million citizens are Muslims. | ||
The country went through a long civil war, when the Soviet Union collapsed. During this time, according to [[Robert Baer]], government officials were complicit in the [[drug trade]]. It also had internal insurgencies, some of which used it as a sanctuary from [[Afghanistan]]; refugees from Afghanistan also came to the country. | The country went through a long civil war, when the Soviet Union collapsed. During this time, according to [[Robert Baer]], government officials were complicit in the [[drug trade]].<ref name=CD>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-13660.html | |||
| contribution = Tajikistan Internal Security | |||
| title = Tajikistan: a country study | |||
| publisher = Federal Research Division, [[Library of Congress]] | |||
| editor = Glenn E. Curtis | |||
| date = March 1996 | |||
}}</ref> It also had internal insurgencies, some of which used it as a sanctuary from [[Afghanistan]]; refugees from Afghanistan also came to the country. | |||
By 2002, it was the poorest of the Central Asian states. It joined the NATO Partnership for Peace. | By 2002, it was the poorest of the Central Asian states. It joined the NATO Partnership for Peace. | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 2 September 2009
Tajikistan is a land-locked Central Asian nation, formerly part of Soviet Union, with the capital Dushanbe.[1] Most of Tajikistan's 7 million citizens are Muslims.
The country went through a long civil war, when the Soviet Union collapsed. During this time, according to Robert Baer, government officials were complicit in the drug trade.[2] It also had internal insurgencies, some of which used it as a sanctuary from Afghanistan; refugees from Afghanistan also came to the country.
By 2002, it was the poorest of the Central Asian states. It joined the NATO Partnership for Peace.
Both the French and the Russians obtained the right to use Dushanbe as a base in 2002.
References
- ↑ Tajikistan, Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2009-02-14.
- ↑ Glenn E. Curtis, ed. (March 1996), Tajikistan Internal Security, Tajikistan: a country study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress