Tajkistan, Incidents

11:56, april 22, 2009

Gunman attacking police officer in Isfara identified

KHUJAND, April 22, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Sughd law enforcement authorities have identified the gunman that attacked police officer in Isfara on April 17, the Sughd police directorate chief Rauf

18:08, april 21, 2009

Snow avalanche kills one Sughd, three others reported missing

DUSHANBE, April 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Warmer temperatures have increased the risk of further avalanches in mountain areas of the country, where dozens of snow-slides have occurred over past

17:53, april 21, 2009

Snow storm kills three border guards in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, April 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three border guards were killed and three others were injured on April 10 as a heavy snow storm hit the area patrolled by the frontier outpost Khargushi

10:30, april 21, 2009

Natural disasters leave 8 dead in Tajikistan in Q1 09

DUSHANBE, April 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 57 natural disasters have been reported in Tajikistan, the head of the Committee for Emergency Situations

19:52, april 18, 2009

Gunmen attack police officer in Isfara

KHUJAND, April 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified men have attacked police officer in the northern city of Isfara.

14:59, april 6, 2009

Kazakh ambassador causes car crash in Dushanbe

Kazakh Ambassador to Tajikistan Abutalip Akhmetov crashed his official car into Tajik nationalâ€™s car in Dushanbe. As a result of the collision, three children, including two babies, were injured.

19:33, april 3, 2009

Body of first-year female student found near university building

DUSHANBE, April 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The body of a young woman was found Friday morning near the building of the Faculty of Physics at Tajik National University in the center of Dushanbe, a source

12:36, april 1, 2009

Chinese builder killed in Sughd traffic accident

KHUJAND, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chinese builder was killed on March 31 as a car turned over in Sughd’s Ayni district.

10:45, april 1, 2009

Another Tajik national killed in mine explosion on Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd

KHUJAND, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik national was killed on March 30 as an antipersonnel mine exploded on the Tajik-Uzbek border in the northern Sughd province.

13:31, march 30, 2009

Baby boy killed in Khujand house fire last Friday

DUSHANBE, March 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A three-year-old baby boy, Mahmadali Ghiyosov, was killed in a house fire that occurred in Khujand, the capital of the Sughd province on March 27,

19:12, march 26, 2009

British and Swiss governments together with Focus Humanitarian Assistance help Tajikistan to reduce the risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

DUSHANBE, March 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On March 18 2009 the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Focus

12:23, march 25, 2009

Japanese Embassy, Focus Humanitarian Assistance sign agreement to reduce the risk of communities in Tajikistan to natural hazards

DUSAHNBE, March 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Every year communities in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan are subject to natural hazards such as landslides and debris flows.

13:22, march 12, 2009

One injured in Khorog rockfall

KHOROG, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus - One person was injured Wednesday morning as rockfall crashed into Chinese-made minivan in Khorog, Gorno Badakhshan.

19:37, march 11, 2009

Shepherd from Shuroobod district languishes in Afghan captivity

KULOB, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 41-year-old shepherd from the village of Odinaboi in Khatlon’s Shuroobod district, Shermamon Mamonov (phonetically spelled), has languished in Afghan

13:48, march 11, 2009

Two drug control officers wounded in skirmish with drug dealers in Dushanbe

Two officers from the counter narcotics agency have been wounded in an operation to detain a group of drug dealers on the outskirts of Dushanbe.

13:28, march 10, 2009

Two children die in house fire in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, March 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two children were killed on March 8 as fire broke out in residential building in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district.

12:50, march 4, 2009

Tremor jolts Tajikistan Tuesday evening

DUSHANBE, March 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- According to the Dushanbe seismological station, a tremor measuring 2.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe Tuesday evening, at 7:22 p.m.

20:17, march 3, 2009

Avalanches block Dushanbe-Khujand highway

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on March 2-3 caused a number of avalanches that blocked in some places the highway from Dushanbe to Khujand on Tuesday morning.

19:34, february 28, 2009

Two counternarcotics officers killed and three border guards wounded in skirmish with Afghan drug traffickers

KULOB, February 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two officers from Tajik counternarcotics agency have been killed and three border guards have been wounded in a skirmish with Afghan drug traffickers in

14:14, february 27, 2009

Snow avalanche kills six in Varzob

DUSHANBE, February 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An avalanche killed six people in the Maikhoura area, Varzob district on Thursday, according to the Committee for emergency Situations (CES).

16:07, february 26, 2009

Persons that attacked money transfer outlet in Qurghon Teppa not yet detained

DUSHANBE, February 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Police are still carrying out the search operation to arrest persons that attacked a money transfer outlet in Qurghon Teppa yesterday, the capital of

19:05, february 25, 2009

New details on today’s attack on Eskhata Bank’s money transfer outlet

DUSHANBE, February 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- New details emerged on today’s attack on one of the Eskhata bank outlets to offer money transfer services in Qurghon Teppa.

18:13, february 25, 2009

Unknown persons attack Eskhata Bank’s money transfer point in Qurghon Teppa

QURGHON TEPPA, February 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified armed persons attacked one of money transfer points of Eskhata Bank’s branch in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province

18:41, february 24, 2009

Avalanches block highways from Dushanbe to provinces

DUSHANBE, February 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Heavy snows in mountain areas on February 22-23 caused avalanches that blocked in several places the main highways from Dushanbe to the Sughd

12:34, february 23, 2009

Three suicides and one suicide attempt reported in Sughd last Thursday

KHUAJND, February 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three suicide cases and a suicide attempt were reported in the northern Sughd province last Thursday (February 19) alone.

12:11, february 18, 2009

Abandoned baby girl dies of hunger in Sughd

KHUJAND, February 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Abandoned baby girl has died of hunger at Sughd’s town of Taboshar.

16:11, january 29, 2009

APC falls into river in Darvoz, driver killed

KHOROG, January 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- One serviceman was killed on January 26 as armored personnel carrier (APC) of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) fell in to the Panj River in the Darvoz

12:22, january 29, 2009

"Cargo 200" from Russia delivered in Sughd

KHUJAND, January 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Through the Khujand airport of Sughd region this year first 13 units of cargo-200 were delivered.

20:04, january 23, 2009

In Sughd auto accident two minor residents of Kanibadam were lost

KHUDJAND, January 23, "Asia-Plus" - In Sughd the minor driver became a victim of the imprudence: in result he died and more one teenager - passenger.

17:52, january 22, 2009