Gharmi Tajiks

From the 1920s to 1955 there was a Gharm Oblast in Tajikistan, and henceforth people from central Tajikistan were known as Gharmi Tajiks. During the 1950s many Gharmi Tajiks were forced to migrate from central Tajikistan to the Vakhsh River Valley in western Tajikistan.

Gharmi Tajiks were largely excluded from government positions, which were dominated by individuals from Khujand and Kulob. Gharmi Tajiks who settled in Qurghonteppa Oblast are frequently described as a clan group that found social niches in education and the marketplace.{{cite web

|author=Edward W. Walker

|publisher=Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Working Paper Series

|date=Spring 2006

|url=http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~bsp/publications/2006_01-walk.pdf

|title=Ethnic War, Holy War, War O. War: Does The Adjective Matter In Explaining Collective Political Violence?

|accessdate=9 November 2006

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060912042315/http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~bsp/publications/2006_01-walk.pdf

|archivedate=12 September 2006

|url-status=dead

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After Tajikistan became independent in 1991, many Gharmi Tajiks participated in protests against communists and the government.{{cite web

|publisher = Open Society Institute

|year = 1998

|url = http://www.osi.hu/fmp/html/Tajik_one.html

|title = Tajikistan: Refugee Reintegration And Conflict Prevention

|accessdate = 2 November 2006

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903003516/http://www.osi.hu/fmp/html/Tajik_one.html

|archivedate = 3 September 2007

}} When the Civil War of Tajikistan broke out in 1992 a large number of Gharmi Tajiks joined the DPT-IRP opposition.{{cite web

| author= | publisher=Human Rights Watch | year=1994

| url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1994/WR94/Helsinki-20.htm

| title= Human Rights Watch World Report: Tajikistan

| accessdate=2 November 2006

}} The organization Human Rights Watch among others, reported that Gharmi Tajiks were targeted for execution, disappearances, mass killings, and Gharmi villages were burnt.Dilip Hiro. Between Marx and Muhammad, HarperCollins. (London, 1995).Ahmed Rashid. The Resurgence of Central Asia. Oxford University Press. Karachi. 1994{{cite web

| author= | publisher=United Nations | date=24 October 1996

| url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/51/plenary/a51-483add1.htm

| title= Human Rights Questions: Human Rights Situations And Reports Of Special Rapporteurs And Representatives

| accessdate=9 November 2006

}}

During the fall and winter of 1992 as many as 90,000 Gharmi Tajiks and Pamiris were expelled from their homes and found refuge in Afghanistan in a campaign described by the United States Department of State as a pogrom.{{cite web

| author= | publisher= U.S. Department of State | date= 31 January 1994

| url= http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_eur/Tajikistan.html

| title=Tajikistan Human Rights Practices, 1993

| accessdate=9 November 2006

}} This was followed by heavy fighting in the Rasht Valley between government and opposition forces that led to the destruction of villages. There is evidence that rape was used by both sides during this campaign.

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