Tajkistan, Incidents

18:42, september 3, 2010

At least one police officer killed and 25 others injured in Khujand blast

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- At least one police officer has been killed and 25 other have been injured in a blast that occurred at the Sughd regional body empowered to combat

16:07, september 3, 2010

Tajik police suspect IMU of masterminding blast in Khujand

A statement released by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) says the blast has been committed by supporters of those suspected of having killed Homidjon Karimov, former bazaar director in Isfara district.

14:43, september 3, 2010

Security council secretary departs for Khujand

According to the latest data, more than 15 people have been killed and some 30 others have been injured in the blast that occurred in Khujand today morning.

13:52, september 3, 2010

At least 26 police officers injured in today’s Khujand blast

KHUJAND, September 3, 2001, Asia-Plus – At least 26 officers from the Sughd regional body empowered to combat organized crime were injured in a blast that occurred outside the building of the Sughd

13:02, september 3, 2010

Two checkpoints of MoD attacked in Romit

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Asia-Plus has received report that an armed group that probably included prisoners that escaped from the pretrial detention facility of the State

12:27, september 3, 2010

It quite possible that suicide bomber blows up the Sughd anti organized crime body

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- It is quite possible that a suicide bomber has blown up an explosive-packed car at the building of the Sughd regional body empowered to combat

12:02, september 3, 2010

Regional body empowered to combat organized crime blown up in Sughd

According to unspecified data, the blat has caused casualties

17:50, september 2, 2010

Chuqaysha settlement cordoned off in hunt for one of escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik law enforcement and power-wielding structures are continuing a search operation for prisoners that escaped from a pretrial detention facility

14:03, september 2, 2010

One of alleged masterminds of August 23 prison break reportedly detained

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- One of alleged masterminds of an August 23 prison break has reportedly been detained.

17:23, august 31, 2010

Tajik border guard wounds Istaravshan resident mistaking him for border violator

KHUJAND, August 31, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik border guard has wounded Istaravshan resident, mistaking him for border violator.

12:15, august 30, 2010

Seven killed in traffic accident in GBAO last Saturday

KHOROG, August 30, 2010, Asia-Plus, Asia-Plus -- Seven people were killed on August 28 as a vehicle fell into the Panj River in Gorno Badakhshan.

13:55, august 27, 2010

Damage caused by recent floods to Ayni district estimated at more than 1 mln somoni

DUSHANBE, August 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- According to the preliminary estimates, damage caused by recent floods to Ayni district has amounted to more than 1 million somoni, the Ayni chairman

14:53, august 26, 2010

Prosecutor-general’s office institutes criminal proceedings over detention center break

The issue of instituting criminal proceedings against the pretrial detention facility officials is still under consideration.

12:18, august 25, 2010

Rockfall kills six in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Six persons have been killed in a rockfall that has hit the Dushanbe-Khorog highway in Gorno Badakhshan, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

20:17, august 24, 2010

Sons of slain former minister Mirzo Ziyoev not among escaped convicts

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- According to the adjusted data, the sons of slain former minister Mirzo Zioyev are not among the escaped prisoners.

19:20, august 24, 2010

Interpol office in Tajikistan reportedly gets involved in search for escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The operation for search for the escaped prisoners is underway in Tajikistan.

18:54, august 24, 2010

Mudflow leaves one dead in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND/DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on August 23 caused a series of mudflows in Ayni district, Sughd province, according to the Sughd emergency management agency.

14:56, august 24, 2010

Situation stable in Tavildara, says district chairman

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The situation in Tavildara district is stable like the whole Rasht Valley and there is no reason for destabilization of the situation in the area, the

13:23, august 24, 2010

Escaped prisoners not yet found

Manhunt for 25 armed fugitives who killed at least five prison guards while breaking out of the detention center in Dushanbe and then reportedly fled toward the Rasht Valley has not yielded results.

12:49, august 24, 2010

Russia to help Tajikistan find and detain escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- By Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s instruction Russian special services will help Tajikistan find and detain the escaped prisoners, Russia’s Itar Tass

12:29, august 24, 2010

GKNB publishes list of escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday evening, all Tajik national TV channels showed photographs of 14 of 25 prisoners who escaped from pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe

19:05, august 23, 2010

GKNB names Dushanbe’s escape masterminds

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus – Organizers of escape from the pretrial detention facility run by the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) in Dushanbe have reportedly been identified.

17:15, august 23, 2010

Situation in the city of Kulob under control, says local police chief

KULOB/DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The escape of a group of prisoners from Dushanbe’s pretrial detention facility has not impacted service of the Kulob city police department, the

17:07, august 23, 2010

GBAO, Sughd law enforcement agencies put on alert

KHOROG/KHUJAND, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- law enforcement agencies in Gorno Badakhshan have been put on alert following the escape of a group of prisoners from Dushanbe’s pretrial

14:45, august 23, 2010

President Rahmon convenes with senior security officials

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today convene a meeting in Dushanbe with senior police and security officials to discuss efforts to detain prisoners that

14:38, august 23, 2010

People dissatisfied with official authorities may gather around escapees, says former UTO field commander

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Mirzokhouja Ahmadov, who was once chief of the regional state body empowered to combat organized crime in Rasht Valley says that it cannot be ruled out that

13:46, august 23, 2010

Yoqub Salimov and Ghaffor Mirzoyev were not among escapees

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, – Yoqub Salimov and Ghaffor Mirzoyev were not among 25 prisoners that escaped from pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe overnight.

13:03, august 23, 2010

GKNB releases official statement about escape from pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe

New details emerged today morning about the escape of prisoners from pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe today as the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) has released an official

12:18, august 23, 2010

Gunmen kill six prison wardens, free 25 prisoners

Unidentified gunmen attacked pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe overnight, killing six wardens and freeing 25 prisoners.

16:13, august 16, 2010

Missed bodies of Vanj residents found in eastern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 16, 2010, Asia-Plus - Dead bodies of 8 persons who have left on minivan in a direction of Khorog on July, 27 found in eastern Tajikistan.