Is there a war in Tajikistan?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Tajikistan.

None at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Afghanistan: Government (mainly in Afghanistan), 25 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

Armed conflictState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1975

Afghanistan: Government

25deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)

107deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09

286,205total 1989–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (37 years listed)

Who is fighting: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF

1989highest: 35,3292026*

* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: September 2026

Conflict-wide figures (not only Tajikistan). Also recorded in: Afghanistan.

Figures by year

Year	Deaths (best estimate)
Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary	107
2025	25
2024	29
2023	78
2022	689
2021	35,329
2020	20,159
2019	28,828
2018	22,837
2017	16,179
2016	15,775
2015	16,606
2014	12,351
2013	8,048
2012	7,730
2011	7,423
2010	7,038
2009	6,390
2008	5,655
2007	6,848
2006	4,734
2005	1,628
2004	711
2003	660
2002	30
2001	2,328
2000	5,235
1999	4,629
1998	6,256
1997	6,396
1996	3,177
1995	5,516
1994	8,937
1993	3,721
1992	4,276
1991	3,302
1990	1,478
1989	5,174

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Military personnel

17,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Tajikistan

United States13

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

Other countries with active armed conflicts in Asia

Afghanistan Cambodia India Indonesia Myanmar Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Thailand

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Sources and licences

Conflicts and deaths: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), ucdp.uu.se/downloads, CC BY 4.0. Data through 30 September 2026.
Military personnel: World Bank, Armed forces personnel, total (MS.MIL.TOTL.P1); original source IISS, The Military Balance; CC BY 4.0.
Foreign military personnel: UN Department of Peace Operations, uniformed personnel contributions (UN Peace and Security Data Hub, via HDX) (as of 31 Jul 2026, CC BY-IGO 3.0); UK Ministry of Defence, Annual Location Statistics, table 1.1b (as of 1 Apr 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0); Ministère des Armées, Les chiffres clés de la Défense 2026, p.20 (État-major des armées, April 2026) (as of Apr 2026, Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0); DoD Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Location Report (as of 31 Aug 2026, US government work, public domain).
Protests: The GDELT Project, GDELT 2.0 Event Database; automated, unverified.
Links only (nothing copied): CrisisWatch (© International Crisis Group), GOV.UK travel advice (OGL v3.0), U.S. Department of State (public domain), War WATCH (Geneva Academy), ReliefWeb (UN OCHA).

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