Independence Day (Tajikistan) the country. In Dushanbe, started the rally of supporters of opposition parties, where they are required to convene an extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, the declaration of independence and the resignation of management of the Tajik SSR, suspension Communist party activity. Extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR was convened. On September 9, 1991 at the session Shuro Oli (Supreme Council) a Resolution and Declaration "On State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan" was adopted. According to the law "On the feast days", September 9 which is officially known as "Day
Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan use the 201st base. The National Drug Enforcement Agency of Tajikistan has received $5 million. Tajikistan is the only former Soviet republic that did not form its armed forces from old Soviet Army units. Instead, the Russian Defense Ministry took direct command of the Soviet units there, forcing the Tajik regime to build an army from virtually nothing. During the 1990s, the army was small and had little amounts of native Tajiks in it. The army failed to effectively defend the regime, which resulted in a civil war. The regime was dependent on other Central Asian countries and CIS states