Tajkistan, Incidents

12:49, january 21, 2009

Three killed in Spitamen traffic accident

KHUJAND, January 21 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were killed Tuesday as two vehicles collided in Sughd’s Spitamen district, according to the Sughd police directorate.

18:29, january 20, 2009

123 traffic accidents leave 62 dead in Kulob in 2008

KULOB, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 123 traffic accidents were reported in Khatlon’s Kulob group of districts in 2008, which is seven cases more than in 2007, deputy chief of the Khatlon

16:08, january 14, 2009

Seven Tajiks killed by garage fire in Moscow

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Seven people died on Tuesday when a fire broke out at an underground garage in Moscow.

12:18, january 10, 2009

Roudaki fire leaves 8-month-old baby girl dead

DUSHANBE, January10, 2009, Asia-Plus - A fire in the Roudaki district has left an eight-month baby girl dead.

13:57, january 9, 2009

Heavy snowfall results in power supply disrupting in Tavildara

TAVILDARA, January 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tavildara district in the Rasht Valley was cut off from January 2 to January 7 as heavy snowfalls hit the district on the night of January 2-3.

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