Tajkistan, Incidents

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.

14:34, december 18, 2009

Dead man found at stadium of one of Dushanbe’s schools yesterday

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The body of young man was found hanging on horizontal bar at stadium of Dushanbe’s School # 32 yesterday night, according to the Ministry of Interior

16:43, december 15, 2009

Snow-trapped Afghan shepherds call for help

KHOROG, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Snow-trapped Afghan shepherds have called for help.

14:18, december 15, 2009

Uzbek border guards wound two Tajik nationals

KHUJAND, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Uzbek border guards have shot and wounded two residents of the Shurcha village in Sughd’s Panjakent district along the Tajik-Uzbek border in the

14:45, december 14, 2009

Seminar to discuss national disaster risk management strategy takes place in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A seminar on the national disaster risk management strategy and the plan of actions for implementation of this strategy will take place in Dushanbe

12:35, december 11, 2009

Four killed, two injured in Khatlon traffic accident

DUSHANBE, December 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Four persons were killed and at least two others were injured on December 10 as a sedan Mercedes collided with a truck in the Khatlon province,

16:57, december 7, 2009

Dushanbe-Khujand highway reopened for traffic after it cleared of snows

DUSHANBE, December 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A highway from Dushanbe to Khujand has been reopened for traffic after its 12-kilometer section, hit by a series of avalanches, has been cleared of

19:28, december 4, 2009

A number of avalanches hit area near Anzob tunnel, trapping some 150 vehicles

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A number of powerful avalanches have hit the area near the Anzob Tunnel, some 12-kilometer section of the highway from Dushanbe to Khujand, from 62nd

14:12, december 1, 2009

Nexia runs over cyclists in Khalton, leaving two dead and two injured

DUSHANBE, December 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two persons were killed ad two others were injured on November 30 as a Nexia sedan ran over cyclists in the southern Khatlon province.

16:03, november 27, 2009

Three killed in separate accidents in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three accidents that took place in Tajikistan yesterday left three dead and one injured, according to the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES).

19:01, november 23, 2009

Tactical exercise conducted at Khorog hydropower plant

KHOROG, November 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tactical exercise was conducted at the Khorog hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on November 21.

21:03, november 21, 2009

Minor girl commits suicide because of hard economic problems in family

KHUJAND, November 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A minor girl from Sughd’s Konibodom district has committed suicide because of hard economic problems in family, according to the Sughd police

18:27, november 21, 2009

Seven fires reported in Sughd Thursday night alone

KHUJAND, November21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Seven fires were reported in the Sughd province last Thursday night alone, according to the Sughd firefighting service.

11:35, november 21, 2009

In Tajikistan, woman dies after beating by Russian soldier

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2009, Asia-Plus – A woman who was reportedly beaten by a Russian soldier in the southwestern Tajik city of Kulob has died, Radio liberty’s Tajik Service reported on November

15:49, november 18, 2009

Four killed, six injured in two traffic accidents in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, November 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two fatal traffic accidents were registered in Tajikistan on November 17, according to the Tajik traffic police directorate.

14:56, november 16, 2009

Two traffic accidents leave 4 dead and 4 injured in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, November 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two fatal traffic accidents registered in Tajikistan on Sunday left four and at least four injured, according to the Tajik traffic police directorate.

11:50, november 14, 2009

Two killed, one injured in Sughd traffic accident

KHUJAND, November 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two persons were killed and one other was injured last Thursday (November 12) as a car slammed into a parked tractor in Sughd’s Istaravshan district,

20:16, november 11, 2009

Baby killed in house fire in Istaravshan

KHUJAND, November 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A seven-month-old baby boy has died after a house fire in the city of Istaravshan, Sughd province.

13:42, november 5, 2009

Uzbek border guard reportedly wounds Tajik serviceman at border crossing in Panjakent

KHUJAND, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik border guard has reportedly been wounded at the border-crossing checkpoint Sarazm on the Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd’s Panjakent district.

13:55, october 30, 2009

Another sensible tremor jolts Tajik capital yesterday

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tremor measuring 5.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe yesterday night at about 10:45 pm.

19:42, october 24, 2009

Woman in Shuroobod tried to poison her sister-in-law’s baby

DUSHANBE, October 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Following family quarrel, a young woman in Khtalon’s Shuroobod district has tried to poison a three-month-old baby of her sister-in-law (the wife of

12:17, october 23, 2009

Tremor jolts Tajik capital Friday early in the morning

DUSHANBE, October 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tremor measuring some 4.0-5.

19:12, october 21, 2009

Sughd OMON serviceman’s condition remains hard but stable

KHUJAND, October 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Khairullo Mirzoyev, a serviceman of the Sughd OMON (special police unit), who was wounded during a three-hour raid on a house in Isfara, where the IMU

11:59, october 21, 2009

Natural disasters cause some TJS 100 mln worth of damage to Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, October 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Natural disasters that have hit Tajikistan since the beginning of the year have caused some 100 million somoni (TJS) worth of damage to the country’s

11:46, october 20, 2009