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| 1997, Jan. 8 |
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| The government attacked rebel forces, claiming they had stolen important weapons. | 1 |
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| 1998, May 2 |
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| Although a cease-fire had been signed in 1997, three days of fighting left some 45 people dead and 80 wounded in the capital city of Dushanbe. The fighting halted when the Tajikistan army and Islamic opposition forces agreed to withdraw from the city. | 2 |
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| 1999, Sept. 26 |
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| In a national referendum, Tajikistan voters approved constitutional changes that legalized the formation of Islamic political parties. The vote also extended the presidential term from five to seven years. | 3 |
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| Nov. 6 |
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| In an election that was highly criticized as illegitimate by international human-rights observers, Pres. Imomali Rakhmonov won the presidency with 96 percent of the vote. | 4 |
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