Tajkistan, Incidents

18:31, march 5, 2010

Avalanches block Dushanbe-Khujand highway in Maikhoura area

More than 60 vehicles have been trapped by avalanches that hit the Maikhoura area yesterday evening.

14:03, march 3, 2010

Snow avalanches kill three in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Avalanches have killed three persons in Gorno Badakhshan.

16:42, february 27, 2010

Chinese national killed by avalanche in Sughd

KHUJAND, February 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Chinese national was killed on February 25 as an avalanche hit the Shahriston pass in the Sughd province, according to the Sughd police directorate.

20:02, february 23, 2010

Another tremor jolts Vanj district in Gorno Badakhshan last Sunday

KHOROG, February 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Another quake jolted the Vanj district in Gorno Badakhshan on February 21.

13:27, february 19, 2010

Avalanche leaves one dead in Gorno Badakhshan

An avalanche has killed one person in Gorno Badakhshan.

14:18, february 15, 2010

Avalanches block Dushanbe-Khujand highway

Dozens of avalanches caused by recent heavy snowfalls have blocked the highway from Dushanbe to Khujand in the Maikhura area. An avalanche risk remains high.

15:52, february 8, 2010

Khorog in snow captivity

KHOROG, February 8, Asia-Plus -- Following ongoing heavy snowfalls, the situation in Gorno Badakhshan remains complex and its administrative center, the city of Khorog, is still in snow

20:50, february 6, 2010

Avalanche kills one in Gorno Badakhshan

One person was killed in Gorno Badakhshan today afternoon as an avalanche caused by heavy snowfall hit a road that connects Khorog with the Ishkashim district.

20:06, february 3, 2010

EC provides almost €7.3 million to reduce the impact of natural disasters in Central Asia

DUSHANBE, February 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The European Commission has allocated €7.

16:43, february 3, 2010

Five-year-old child killed in truck fire in Isfara

DUSHANBE, February 3, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Children pranks have caused a truck fire in the northern Isfara district that has killed a 5-year-old boy, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

15:58, february 2, 2010

Two wounded in armed skirmish between two hooligans groups in Khorog

DUSHANBE, February 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two persons have been wounded in an armed skirmish between two hooligans groups in Khorog, the capital of Gorno Badakhshan, according to the Ministry of

13:45, february 1, 2010

Three killed, one injured in three traffic accidents in Tajikistan on Sunday

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were killed and at least one other was injured in three traffic accidents in the country on January 31, according to the Tajik traffic

20:03, january 29, 2010

Family burned in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Person, suspected of having deliberately killed a family in the Bokhtar district, Khatlon province has been detained.

18:15, january 29, 2010

Dushanbe-Khujand highway temporarily closed for traffic

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heavy snowfalls on January 28 caused an avalanche that hit the Maikhoura area, 61 kilometers north of Dushanbe, according to the Committee for Emergency

14:14, january 28, 2010

Mudslide injures three at the site for Roghun HPP

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were injured Wednesday as a mudslide occurred at the site for construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), reliable source at

11:30, january 27, 2010

Total damage caused to GBAO’s Vanj by January 2 quake estimated at 6.609 mln somoni

DUSHANBE, January 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A total damage caused to the Vanj district in Gorno Badakhshan by a January 2 earthquake has been estimated at 6.

11:15, january 27, 2010

Natural disasters leave 45 dead in Tajikistan last year

DUSHANBE, January 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- 189 natural disasters that occurred in Tajikistan in 2009 left 45 dead, Khaybullo Latipov, head of the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES),

19:32, january 26, 2010

Land mine kills two children, wounds another one in southern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two children were killed and another one was wounded on January 19 after a land mine exploded in the southern Khatlon province.

19:30, january 25, 2010

Driver for head of Dushanbe’s largest wholesale market killed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- According to some sources, the 28-year-old Fasliddin Zokirov, who was killed in Dushanbe on the night of January 24-25, was driver for the head of

15:00, january 25, 2010

2.5-month-old Tajik babyabducted in Egypt found and returned to parents

DUSHANBE, January 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- With support from employees of the Tajik Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Cairo police found a 2.

19:10, january 22, 2010

Fire damages Russian Drama Theatre in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 22, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A fire has damaged building of Russian Drama Theatre named after Vladimir Mayakovsky in Dushanbe.

13:36, january 5, 2010

Saturdays’ quake leaves 583 people homeless in Vanj

According to the preliminary estimates, 1,019 residential building were damaged by a January 2 earthquake in GBAO’s Vanj district, 98 of them were destroyed completely.

11:01, january 5, 2010

Three injured in gas blast in Khujand on January 1

KHUJAND, January 5, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A gas blast that occurred in an apartment building in Khujand, the capital of Sughd province on January 1 partially damaged an apartment on the first

16:25, january 4, 2010

Driver hits cyclist in Khujand and leaves him to die at uranium waste dump in Chkalovsk

KHUJAND, January 4, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Driver has hit a cyclist in Khujand and instead of taking him to hospital he has taken him to the uranium waste dump near the city of Chkalovsk where

13:23, january 4, 2010

CES commission travels to Vanj to assess actual damage caused by Saturday’s quake

DUSHANBE, January 4, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A special commission has left for GBAO’s Vanj district today morning to assess an actual damage caused by Saturday’s earthquake, According to the

18:42, january 3, 2010

Saturday’s tremor damages a number of residential buildings in GBAO’s Vanj district, no human casualties reported

DUSHANBE, January 3, 2010, Asia-Plus - Quite a strong quake jolted the Vanj district in Gorno Badakhshan on January 2, at 7:15 a.m. According to the Dushanbe seismological station, a 5.

14:00, december 30, 2009

98 fires registered in Khatlon’s Kulob zone this year

KULOB, December 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Damage caused by fires registered in Khatlon’s Kulob zone this year has been estimated at 539,499 somoni, according to the Kulob firefighting service.

14:54, december 29, 2009

Man in Sughd beats his mother to death

KHUJAND, December 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A man in northern Tajikistan has beaten his 74-year-old mother to death.

16:11, december 28, 2009

Traffic accidents leave four dead and one injured in Gorno Badakhshan last Saturday

KHOROG, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two traffic accidents that took place in Gorno Badakhshan last Saturday left four dead and one injured, according to the GBAO traffic police department.

12:44, december 28, 2009

Pair from Isfara killed by mine explosion on Tajik-Uzbek border

ISFARA, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus - A couple from the village of Zarkhok in the northern district of Isfara have been killed in a mine explosion on the Tajik-Uzbek border.