Tajkistan, Incidents

15:36, may 20, 2009

All main highways in Gorno Badakhshan closed for traffic due to torrential rain snowfalls

KHOROG, May 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Because of torrential rain and snowfalls all the main highways in Gorno Badakhshan have been closed for traffic, according to Pomirnaqliyot (GBAO state

15:10, may 20, 2009

Tajikistan appeals to UN for urgent assistance

DUSHANBE, May 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- This year’s heavy rainfalls and resulting floods and mudslide have caused casualties among the population and significant damage to Tajikistan’s economy,

14:42, may 20, 2009

Female entrepreneur attempts to commit suicide following sharp devaluation of the somoni

KHUJAND, May 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Female entrepreneur from the northern city of Chkalovsk has attempted to commit suicide following a sharp devaluation of the somoni.

13:05, may 20, 2009

Mudslide kills two women in Romit

DUSHANBE, May 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The death toll in Tajikistan from various disasters that hit the country in April and May this year has risen to 23 as two women were killed by mudslide

20:31, may 19, 2009

Damage caused by heavy rainfalls to Muminobod reportedly estimated at $2 mln

KULOB, May 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Damage caused to Khatlon’s Muminobod district by torrential rain and resulting mudslides over the past month has been estimated at 2 million U.S. dollars.

10:44, may 18, 2009

Kulob intends to fund construction of two houses for mudslide-hit residents of Khuroson district

KULOB, May 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A special banking accounting has been opened in the branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in Kulob for collection of funds to provide assistance

21:12, may 16, 2009

Disaster death toll in Tajikistan rises to 21

DUSHANBE, May 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The death toll in Tajikistan from various disasters that hit the country in April and May this year has risen to 21 as a three-year-old baby boy

18:36, may 16, 2009

Tajik worker stabbed to death on construction site in Moscow

DUSHANBE, May 16, 2009, Asia-Plus – A Tajik worker was killed in a brawl on a construction site in Moscow, a city police source told Itar-Tass on Friday.

14:37, may 15, 2009

Mudslides hit three villages in Khuroson

According to the adjusted data provided by the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES), mudslides have hit three villages in the Khuroson district.

12:06, may 15, 2009

Torrential rain damages Kulob University’s library

KULOB, May 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday’s downpour damaged the library at Kulob State University.

11:42, may 15, 2009

UNDP and RCS first to provide assistance to mudslide-hit population, says Khatlon official

QURGHON TEPPA, May 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Some organizations have already begun providing assistance to the mudslide-hit population in the Khuroson district.

11:29, may 15, 2009

Mudslides completely or partially destroy some 400 residential buildings in Khuroson

A powerful mudslide swept through the Ayni jamoat in Khatlonâ€™s Khuroson district yesterday, completely or partially destroying some 40 residential buildings

11:26, may 14, 2009

Uzbek border guards kill Tajik citizen

DUSHANBE, May 14, 2009, Asia-Plus – Uzbek border guards have shot and killed a Tajik citizen, RFE/RL''s Tajik Service reported on May 13.

14:53, may 12, 2009

Soldier reportedly commits suicide following family problems

KULOB, May 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon military prosecutor’s office has investigated into death of Abdukholiq Hoshimov, a soldier of the sub-unit of the Ministry of Defense (MoD)

13:57, may 12, 2009

Damage caused by rain, floods and mudslides estimated at $1 mln

In April-May, rainfalls and floods along with mudslides affected more than 100 households and demolished several hundred hectares in Tajikistan.

12:39, may 12, 2009

Mudslide kills three children in Tursunzoda

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A powerful mudslide have killed three children in the Tursunzoda district, some 60 kilometers to the west of Dushanbe.

12:20, may 12, 2009

Disasters kill four in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Disasters that hit northern Tajikistan on May 9 killed four persons, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

11:57, may 12, 2009

Mudslide leaves three dead and one injured in Roudaki district

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Torrential on May 10 caused a mudslide that hit the village of Mash’al in the Roudaki district, according to the Committee for emergency Situations (CES).

18:30, may 11, 2009

Quite a strong tremor jolts Tajik capital on Sunday

DUSHANBE, May 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Quite a strong tremor measuring 4.7 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe Sunday (May 10) night, at 10:34 p.m.

18:06, may 8, 2009

Mudslide hits Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, May 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on May 8 caused a mudslide that damaged the Druzhba Narodov Street in eastern part of Dushanbe.

18:00, may 7, 2009

Police officer killed in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, May 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The body of an officer from the forensic squad within the Khujand police department, Suhrob Saidaliyev, who had been reported missing since April 28, was found on

11:51, may 7, 2009

Preferential loans to be provided to landslide-hit residents of Khuroson population

DUSHANBE, May 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- By president’s order 377,450 somoni will be allocated to provide extraordinary grants and preferential loans to residents of Khatlon’s Khuroson district

11:32, may 7, 2009

Landslide kills two and leaves six injured in Roghun

DUSHANBE, May 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tragedy occurred at the site for construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power station (HPS) on the night of May 5-6.

14:47, may 6, 2009

Tajikistan continues experiencing effects of heavy rainfalls

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan continues experiencing effects of heavy rainfalls that have hit the country in recent days.

18:49, may 5, 2009

Mudslide kills 10-year-old girl in Muminobod

KULOB, May 5, 2009, Asia-Plus - The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in the Yakhsou River near the village of Dahana in the Kulob district Monday evening.

14:28, may 4, 2009

Mudslides paralyze traffic along Dushanbe- Qurghon Teppa highway for several hours yesterday

QURGHON TEPPA/DUSHANBE, May 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on May 3 caused mudslides that blocked or damaged some sections of the highway from Dushanbe to Qurghon Teppa, the capital of

10:45, april 29, 2009

Two children seriously wounded in cluster bomb explosion in Rasht

DUSHANBE, April 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Residents of rural areas remain at the mercy of anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordnances (UXOs) that are a legacy of the country’s disastrous civil

11:09, april 27, 2009

RCS distributes relief supplies to flood hit people in Khuroson district

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Red Crescent Society (RCS) has distributed humanitarian aid to residents of the village of 18th Partsyezd in Khatlon’s Khuroson district

10:28, april 24, 2009

One killed, three injured in GBAO traffic accident

KHOROG, April 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- One person was killed and three others were injured on April 22 as car fell into the river in GBAO’s Ishkashim district, according to the GBAO police

19:26, april 23, 2009

139 fires registered in Sughd this year leave five dead

KHUJAND, April 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Five arsons have been reported in the Sughd province since the beginning of this year, the Sughd firefighting service chief Nozim Mahmadov said in an