Tajkistan, Incidents

14:03, march 15, 2010

Rock fall kills three and injures two in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 15, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A rock fall has killed three persons and injured two others in northern Tajikistan.

21:11, march 13, 2010

Four killed, one injured in traffic accident in eastern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Four persons were killed and one other was injured Friday (March 12) as a car fell into precipice in eastern Tajikistan.

19:43, march 13, 2010

Japan gives US$1.5 million to WHO for improving healthcare on Tajik-Afghan border

The UN World Health Organization has been given a $1.5 million injection from Japan to strengthen health facilities along Tajikistan’s 1,200-kilometre border with Afghanistan.

15:53, march 11, 2010

Landslide threatens flood in Kulob

KULOB, March 11, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heavy rainfalls may cause landslide that threatens to submerge the village of Kul in the Dahana jamaot of the Kulob district, Pirmad Zaripov, deputy Kulob

12:49, march 11, 2010

REACT warns of high risk of avalanches in March

Referring to Tajik Hydromet, REACT warns that that snow, rain and snowmelt may trigger various hazards over the spring months.

15:28, march 9, 2010

Unknown persons beat drug control officer in Khorog

DUSHANBE, March 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified persons have reportedly beaten an officer from the GBAO counternarcotics directorate.

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