During the
civil war in Tajikistan, Bokhtar (then Qurghonteppa) became the epicenter of conflict by the summer of 1992, and was seriously damaged. Many of the local
Kulobi and Uzbeks were forced to flee in 1992, following attacks by the pro-opposition
Gharmi forces. The city was officially renamed from Qurghonteppa to Bokhtar on 22 January 2018. The name change was one of many in Tajikistan targeting places whose names derive from the Uzbek and Kyrgyz languages. Near Bokhtar are the ruins of a Buddhist monastery complex called
Ajina Tepe, believed to be built in the 7th or 8th centuries CE. It features a 12-meter-long image of
Buddha in Nirvana.
Bokhtar International Airport provides flights to a handful of cities in Tajikistan,
Russia and
Kazakhstan. File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of Tajikistan, Mr. Emomali Rahmon in a group photo with the personnel of the India-Tajik Friendship Hospital, in Quarghan Teppa, Dushanbe, Tajikistan on July 13, 2015.jpg|
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon with personnel of the India-Tajik Friendship Hospital in Bokhtar, 13 July 2015. File:Qurghonteppa,bazar1.jpg|Bokhtar Bazaar File:Qurghonteppa 2010 01.jpg|Taxi station in Bokhtar File:Манзараи шаҳри Бохтар.jpg|Bokhtar library == Climate ==