Tajkistan, Incidents

13:47, january 7, 2009

Three children get carbon monoxide poisoning, one of them dies

DUSHANBE, January 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three minors have got carbon monoxide poisoning in the Roudaki district, one of them has died, according to Interior Ministry press service.

12:28, january 5, 2009

Minor tremor felt in Tajik capital today morning

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Minor tremor measuring 3.0 on a 12-point scale was felt in Dushanbe today morning, at 4:13 am, according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

18:23, january 4, 2009

Year-old baby dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Sughd

KHUJAND, January 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A year-old baby has died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Sughd province, according to press service of the Sughd police directorate.

12:57, january 4, 2009

Quite a strong tremor jolts Tajik capital Sunday morning

DUSHANBE, January 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Quite a strong earthquake measuring 5.

19:34, december 29, 2008

Operation for search for Shahriston avalanche victim going on

KHUJAND, December 29, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd emergency management agency are continuing the operation for search for the Shahriston avalanche victim.

14:50, december 29, 2008

Panj resident kills three children of his neighbor, himself

QURGHON TEPPA, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khatlon’s Panj district has killed three children of his neighbor and then himself.

12:45, december 29, 2008

Mild tremor jolts Tajikistan today morning

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A mild quake measuring 3.—4.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe today morning, at around 8:38 a.m., according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

17:54, december 27, 2008

Fire breaks out in US embassy’s building Friday

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A fire broke out in the building of the US Embassy in Dushanbe Friday afternoon. According to Ms.

14:59, december 24, 2008

Avalanche takes place on Shahriston Pass; one reported missing

An avalanche occurred on the Shahriston Pass in the Sughd province Tuesday evening. One resident of the Shahrisotn district is reported missing and a search-and-rescue operation is under way.

19:04, december 15, 2008

Severely beaten soldier hospitalized in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus - Allonazar Shifonshoyev (phonetically spelled), a private soldier with one of military units deployed in Sughd’s Spitamen district, who was severely

11:40, december 12, 2008

Two Tajiks die in Moscow building collapse

DUSHANBE, December 12, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two Tajiks died in a building collapse in Moscow on Wednesday, Karomat Sharipov, chairman of the Moscow-based public association, Tajik Labor

18:40, december 11, 2008

FOCUS conducts geographic information system training for government institutions in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Between December 9 and 22 2008, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is holding the first of three training courses in Dushanbe and Khorog, Gorno

11:31, december 2, 2008

Fire causes $2 million damage to Iranian entrepreneur

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A fire, which broke out on the night of November 29-30 in the storage warehouse at the Pirogov Street in Dushanbe, destroyed nearly 2 million US

15:22, december 1, 2008

Five killed in Khatlon traffic accident

QURGHON TEPPA, December 1, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Five persons were killed on November 28 as two cars collided in Khatlon’s Khuroson district, according to the Khatlon traffic police department.

18:23, november 29, 2008

Kyrgyz border guard wounds two Tajik teenagers

ISFARA, November 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Kyrgyz border guard has wounded two Tajik teenagers from Isfara’s jamoat of Vorukh (Tajik exclave in the territory of Kyrgyzstan).

13:10, november 26, 2008

Chinese national killed in GBAO traffic accident

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2008, Asia-Plus – Chinese national was killed on November 23 as his car fell into a 35-precipice in GBAO’s Shugnan district.

18:06, november 25, 2008

7-year-old girl killed in Istaravshan traffic accident

KHUJAND, November 25, 2008, Asia-Plus-- A seven-year-old girl from Suhgd’s Istaravshan district was killed Monday as a car VAZ 2106 hit her, according to the Sughd police directorate.

14:53, november 25, 2008

Carnage takes place in Farkhor last week

Nasimjon Qurbonov, resident of the village of Alouddin in the Fakhor, has stabbed to death three residents of the nearby village of Arabo and wounded five others.

19:58, november 20, 2008

Two women injured in today’s gas blast in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Today’s gas blast has left two women with injuries, according to the Republican Burn-Treatment Center in Dushanbe.

13:20, november 20, 2008

Explosion rocks center of Tajik capital today

Quite a powerful blast rocked the center of Dushanbe today morning. Probably, the explosion was caused by gas escape in an apartment building on the Roudaki Avenue.

17:51, november 11, 2008

Bangladeshi specialists to conduct feasibility study for Kulob flood risk management project

KULOB, November 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A group of Bangladeshi specialists numbering three persons have arrived in Kulob to conduct feasibility study for implementation of the flood risk

14:45, november 10, 2008

RCS conducts seminar in Khujand to improve local community’s emergency response capacities

PANJAKENT, November 10, 2008 Asia-Plus -- A six-day seminar for 28 teachers from Sughd’s Panjakent, Isfara, Kuhistoni Mastchoh, Ayni, Shahriston, Ghonchi, Asht and Jabborrasulov districts as

13:05, november 10, 2008

Mild tremor jolts Tajik capital Saturday

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A mild tremor measuring 2.0-2.5 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe Saturday morning, according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

18:55, november 7, 2008

One killed in rockfall on Shahriston Pass

KHUJAND, November 7, 2008, Asia-Plus -- One person has been killed on the Shahriston Pass in northern Tajikistan as falling rocks have sent the truck Ural-357 falling into an

11:44, november 4, 2008

Currency exchange office employee killed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Gunmen have killed an employee of the currency exchange office located at the Korvon market in Dushanbe.

12:02, november 1, 2008

Soldier of military unit deployed in northern Tajikistan commits suicide

KHUJAND, November 1, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Private solider of military unit 14356 of the Ministry of Defense (MoD), deployed in the Shodoba jamoat, Sughd’s Asht district, Daler Haidarov, has

16:54, october 31, 2008

Heavy snowfall blankets Jirgatol district in eastern Tajikistan

Heavy snowfall blanketed much of the Jirgatol district, some 320 kilometers northeast of Dushanbe on the night of October 28-29

19:11, october 29, 2008

Teachers in Kulob and Vose trained in how to respond to emergency situations

KULOB, October 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A seminar for teachers from Kulob and Vose district on how to respond to emergency situations was launched in Kulob on October 29.

12:15, october 29, 2008

Fire in building of Ismoili Somoni district administration caused by electrical malfunction

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday’s fire in the building of the administration of Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district was an unfortunate accident caused by violation of the

12:36, october 28, 2008