Tajkistan, Incidents

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.

13:21, august 16, 2010

Dead body of Ukrainian climber found

Oleg Monsar had not chances to survive, he died right after falling.

18:54, august 13, 2010

Accident in Panjakent: three children died, two injured

KHUJAND, August 13, 2010, Asia-Plus - As a result of traffic accident in Panjakent three children died, two of them are hospitalized.

18:48, august 12, 2010

Russian climber died in Fan mountains of Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 12, 2010, Asia-Plus - 46-year-old Russian climber Oleg Altman died at climbing on Fan mountains in Tajikistan.

14:47, august 12, 2010

The tajik rescuers have found in Pamir mountains two missed Ukrainian climbers

DUSHANBE, August 12, Asia-Plus - The Tajik rescuers have found today in Pamir mountains two missed Ukrainian climbers.

14:01, august 12, 2010

In Dangara the 16-year-old teenager has casually shot from a fowling piece his brother

DUSHANBE, August 12, Asia-Plus - In Dangara the 16-year-old teenager has casually shot from a fowling piece a peer.

13:25, august 12, 2010

The helicopter with saving group onboard for search of the Ukrainian climbers has flown out today, - CES

DUSHANBE, August 12, Asia-Plus - The helicopter with saving group onboard for search and transportation of the Ukrainian climbers who have got to a trouble in the Pamir mountains, has flown out

12:50, august 12, 2010

In the south of Tajikistan the whole family is hospitalized because of poisoning food. There were 6 children among them

DUSHANBE, August 12, Asia-Plus - In infectious branch of the central hospital of Rumi Jamoat, Khatlon region with signs of strong food poisoning the whole family is hospitalized from Jamoat

18:14, august 11, 2010

The helicopter will fly out today for the Ukrainian climbers who have got stuck in mountains of Tajikistan

Dushanbe, August 11, Asia-Plus - The helicopter will fly out today for the Ukrainian climbers who have got stuck in mountains of Tajikistan .

19:24, august 9, 2010

Hot weather results in rivers breaching their banks in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, August 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Long-lasted hot weather has resulted in rivers breaching their banks in Gorno Badakhshan.

14:24, august 9, 2010

Mudflow destroys 4 residential buildings in Murgab district

KHOROG, August 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Mudflow has caused serious damage to Murgab district in Gorno Badakhshan.

10:18, august 9, 2010

MoU on disaster risk reduction in education sector signed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Education, the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense and UNICEF in Tajikistan on

10:36, august 6, 2010

Tajikistan’s RCS develops reserve disaster response plan

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Red Crescent Society (RCS) has begun to develop the reserve disaster response plan in the framework of the project, Building Long-term

14:55, august 5, 2010

Tajik national killed in Moscow

DUSHANBE, August 5, 2010, Asia-Plus - The body of Tajik national with several stab wounds was found on the territory of the former research institute in the east of Moscow yesterday, Interfax