Tajkistan, Incidents

11:25, june 6, 2014

Tajik national reportedly hangs himself in Moscow pretrial detention facility

DUSHANBE, June 6, 2014, Asia-Plus – Russian news agency BaltInfo reports that Tajik national, who has been sentenced to long jail term for drug trafficking, has hanged himself in Moscow’s

15:00, june 2, 2014

Senior high school student stabbed to death in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, June 2, 2014, Asia-Plus – A result of fight between senior pupils of high schools ## 66 and 54 in Dushanbe’s Sino district, the 11th grade student from school # 66 has been stabbed to

13:45, june 2, 2014

Three fatal traffic accidents reported in Tajikistan last weekends

DUSHANBE, June 2, 2014, Asia-Plus – According to the Interior Ministry’s website, three fatal traffic accidents were reported in Tajikistan last weekends.

09:59, june 2, 2014

Presidential adviser on national security calls on Khorog residents not to yield to provocations

The presidential adviser on national security Sherali Khairulloyev, who is the head of the government commission for investigation into deadly clashes on May 21, has promised to punish persons guilty

09:55, june 2, 2014

Protocol to agreement on the settlement of situation in GBAO signed in Khorog on May 31

A protocol to an agreement on the settlement of the situation in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) was signed in Khorog, the capital of Gorno Badakhshan in the morning of May 31.

11:27, may 30, 2014

Persons who sustained gunshot wounds in recent incident in Khorog on the mend

DUSHANBE, May 30, 2014, Asia-Plus – Persons who sustained gunshot wounds in the incident that took place in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on May 21 are on the

15:15, may 28, 2014

Tajik chief prosecutor meets with GBAO regional administrators in Khorog

Tajik Prosecutor-General Sherkhon Salimzoda has met in Khorog with regional administrators of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) to discuss the recent incidents that had taken place in

10:06, may 28, 2014

Deputy interior minister promises to examine the situation concerning the Ishkashim police chief

DUSHANBE, May 28, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Residents of the Ishkashim district in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), who gathered outside the building of the district administration yesterday

16:40, may 27, 2014

Ishkashim residents demand resignation of local police chief

Residents of the Ishkashim district in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) demand the resignation of the local police chief.

14:17, may 26, 2014

Tajik authorities reject an offer to amnesty participants of recent disorder in Khorog

Representatives of the Gorno Badakhshan civil society have offered their list of persons for negotiations with the authorities.

09:53, may 26, 2014

At least one killed, two injured in Friday night’s violence in Khorog

DUSHANBE, May 26, 20014, Asia-Plus -- At least one person was killed and two injured when a crowd attacked a building of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in Khorog, the

17:12, may 21, 2014

Instability in Khorugh again

Today there was a clash between a group of local residents and representatives of law enforcement agencies.

16:28, may 20, 2014

A Welder Dies as a Result of an Oxygen Cylinder Explosion

A welder of a road construction company died today, May 20, as a result of an oxygen cylinder explosion.

15:50, may 19, 2014

Iranian Citizen Wounded Attempting to Escape from Yavan Prison

Mehdi Qambari, an Iranian citizen, imprisoned in I/13 (Yavan Prison), was wounded on 16 May, while attempting to flee.

14:09, may 19, 2014

Health of Wounded Tajik Consul Satisfactory

Doctors say that Rustam Mahmoudi’s health, Tajik Consul in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, who was attacked by armed men last Friday, is satisfactory.

13:02, may 19, 2014

A 27-Year Old Tajik Citizen Died on Dushanbe-Chelyabinsk Flight

DUSHANBE, May 19, 2014, Asia-Plus-Cause of death being investigated.

10:49, may 13, 2014

Flood destroys several residential buildings in Qumsangir

DUSHANBE, May 13, 2014, Asia-Plus – Yesterday evening, a strong wind disrupted electricity supply to the water station in the Qumsangir district, Khatlon province.

11:16, may 12, 2014

Floods reportedly cause damage to Vahdat, Roudaki and Yovon districts

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain in the night of May 10-11 caused floods that caused damage to Vahdat, Yovon and Roudaki districts, according to the Committee on Emergency

15:43, may 11, 2014

One Tajik killed, two others wounded in Moscow oblast on May 7

DUSHANBE, May 11, 2014, Asia-Plus – One Tajik national was killed and at least two others were wounded in the Krasnogorsk district, Moscow oblast in the evening of May 7 after a group of

14:29, may 11, 2014

Tajik, Kyrgyz presidents discuss the situation along Tajik-Kyrgyz common border

Officials in both countries described the situation along their common border as “tense” but stable.

16:55, may 8, 2014

Kyrgyz summon Tajik envoy over clashes along Kyrgyz-Tajik border

DUSHANBE, May 8, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry summoned Tajik Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Olim Rahimov on May 8 to hand over an official note over the clashes that took place along the

11:39, may 8, 2014

Tajik law enforcement authorities launch investigation into yesterday’s clashes along Tajik-Kyrgyz b

DUSHANBE, May 8, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Investigators from the Interior Ministry’s office in Sughd province have launched investigation into the violence that broke out along the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in

11:22, may 8, 2014

At least 60 people reportedly injured in yesterday’s clashes along Tajik-Kyrgyz border

At least 60 people from both sides were reportedly injured in the violence that broke out when an argument between residents of the Tajik exclave of Vorukh within Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz village of

14:45, may 6, 2014

Surgery performed on Tajik soldier by Russian physicians effective

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2014, Asia-Plus – Surgery performed on Tajik soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev by Russian physicians in the Krasnogorsk military hospital was effective and he is on the way to recovery.

15:27, may 4, 2014

Tajik police say they have nothing to do with Nourobod resident’s death

The Interior Ministry says police officers played no role in the death of resident of the Nourobod district, Saymurod Orzouyev.

14:28, may 4, 2014

Rahmon extends condolences to Afghans over deadly landslide

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has extended condolences to the people of Afghanistan over a deadly landslide that hit one of villages in Badakhshan province.

10:48, april 30, 2014

Prime minister gets acquainted with work on mitigating disaster effects in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda yesterday visited Khuroson, Qubodiyon and Jilikul districts in Khatlon province to get acquainted with work on mitigating

10:19, april 30, 2014

Interior Ministry: Brawl in IRP‘s office in Khorog was organized by IRP member themselves

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Interior Ministry says the brawl that occurred in the office of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP)’s regional organization for Gorno Badakhshan in Khorog on

11:24, april 29, 2014

First deputy head of IRP reportedly beaten in Khorog

Unidentified persons have reportedly beaten the first deputy chairman of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) Saidumar Husaini in Khorog.

13:13, april 28, 2014

16 Tajik migrant workers hospitalized in Chelyabinsk on suspicion of contracting acute poisoning

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Sixteen Tajik migrant workers were hospitalized in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on April 26 on suspicion of contracting an acute food poisoning, the