Editing Armed Forces of Tajikistan (section)

=== Army ===
{{main|Tajik Ground Forces}}
[[File:Tajik National Army members 01.jpg|thumb|Tajik National Army members]]
During the Tajik civil war (1992–1993), the Russian government had around 22,000 to 25,000 troops stationed in Tajikistan to help the regime as part of a defense agreement, which is why the Tajik government was able to survive the war. The war was often thought to have been started by [[Islamic fundamentalist]]s, but more accurately, it was a war between the regional clans and ethnic groups.

By the mid-1990s, the National Army numbered to around 3,000. The majority of the officer corps were Russian, mostly veterans of the war in [[Afghanistan]]. The Ministry of Defense of Russia continued providing material support for the National Army. It was especially difficult for the Army to create its own military force because many Tajiks preferred to serve in the [[Russian Army]], due to the higher pay. Because of military opposition in the country, the regime had the largest military buildup in the Central Asian region. As of 1997, Tajikistan had two motorized rifle brigades (one of them is a training brigade), a special operations brigade and detachment (all primarily intended for the protection of the ruling regime), and a combined aviation squadron. Tajikistan further had a basic set of units and sub-units that provide operational, technical, and logistic support.

[[File:Парад в честь 70-летия Великой Победы - 37.jpg|thumb|Contingent from the Tajik military during the [[2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade|Moscow Victory Day Parade]], 9 May 2015]]

The Tajikistan army in 2007 had two motorized rifle brigades, one mountain brigade, one artillery brigade, one airborne assault brigade, one airborne assault detachment, and one [[surface-to-air missile]] regiment.