Afghanistan intervention in Tajikistan

The Afghanistan intervention in Tajikistan was a brief conflict in 1943 between the Kingdom of Afghanistan, the newly independent Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, and the self-declared Badakhshan Democratic Republic. 
Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union following the German-Soviet War, many nations declared independence and tried to form a stable government instead of falling into anarchy. One of these nations was the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (TSSR) which de jure contained the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, an underpopulated region which had a majority Pamiri population. However the Pamiri people in that region attempted to declare independence under their own Communist-led government, which in turn led to a reaction from Afghanistan. 
The former Emir of Bukhara, Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, resided in Afghanistan and was liked by the people, and the Afghan government saw this as an opportunity to stop a communist rebellion in their neighbouring land, while also granting the former Emir some of the land he once reigned over and gaining a puppet in the process. 
Category:Conflicts
Category:Conflicts involving Afghanistan
Category:Conflicts involving the TSSR