Tajkistan, Incidents

17:38, august 22, 2008

Body of another victim of August 5 traffic accidents found

KHUJAND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Body of another victim of August 5 traffic accidents has been found in Sughd’s Ayni district.

17:21, august 22, 2008

Two killed in rockfall in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Sughd’s Ayni district were killed Tuesday early in the morning as a car UAZ-469 (Russian jeep) fell into a 300-meter precipice

14:56, august 21, 2008

CES sets up special rescue groups in regions

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- in the near future, the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) will set up special rescue groups in the cities of Khorog, Khujand, Kulob and Qurghon

10:29, august 21, 2008

Cause and actual volume of damage of August 13 fire not yet been determined

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Investigation to determine the cause of an August 13 fire on Dushanbe’s Korvon market and the actual volume of damage, caused by the fire, is still

17:35, august 18, 2008

More than 534,000 instances of violation of traffic regulations recorded in Tajikistan this year so far

DUSHANBE, August 18, Asia-Plus -- 534,772 instances of violation of the traffic regulations have been recorded in Tajikistan since the beginning of this year, according to the Tajik traffic

12:44, august 18, 2008

Five killed, 22 injured in traffic accidents in Tajikistan on Sunday

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two were and at least five others were injured in a traffic accident in Dushanbe yesterday evening.

16:10, august 15, 2008

Search for August 5 traffic accident victims stopped

KHUJAND, August 15, Asia-Plus -- Sughd rescue service has stopped an operation to search for victims of three traffic accidents that took place in the Ayni district on August 5, Khudoiberdi

10:31, august 14, 2008

Five, including four Chinese nationals, killed in Ayni traffic accident

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Five persons, including four Chinese nationals, were killed on August 11 as a vehicle fell into the Zarafshon River, Sughd’s Ayni district, the

12:19, august 13, 2008

Another fire reported at Dushanbe’s Korvon market

A fire that broke out at Dushanbeâ€™s largest merchandise market today early in the morning, at around 1:00 a.m., destroyed an area of 2,100 square meters.

13:27, august 11, 2008

Criminal proceedings instituted against two drivers involved in August 5 accidents in Ayni

KHUJAND, August 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd regional prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against two drivers that were involved in traffic accidents that occurred in

10:32, august 9, 2008

Another body of those 15 killed in recent Sughd three traffic accidents found

DUSHANBE, August 9, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Search operations in the site of recent three accidents in Sughd’s Ayni district are going on.

10:15, august 7, 2008

Three Sughd traffic accidents leave 15 dead, six injured

According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI), three traffic accidents that took place in Sughdâ€™s Ayni district Tuesday night left 15 dead and six injured.

10:54, august 6, 2008

Six injured, 15 reported missing in Sughd traffic accident

A traffic accident, involving three cars, took place in Sughdâ€™s Ayni district Tuesday evening. Six persons were injured and 15 others were reported missing as the cars fell over the precipice.

15:44, august 5, 2008

Sughdians move from disaster-prone areas to safe places

KHUAJND, August 5, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Residents of a number of disaster-prone areas in the Sughd province will be relocated to safe places, Asia-Plus has learned from Murodjon Poulodov, an

13:24, august 5, 2008

Members of one family, including two children, found dead in Bobojonghafurov yesterday

KHUJAND, August 5, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Four members of one family were found dead in one of villages of Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district yesterday afternoon, the Sughd police directorate said.

14:16, july 30, 2008

Temourmalik resident reportedly commits suicide in local police department

KULOB, July 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The police department in Khatlon’s Temourmalik district has reported that local resident,

13:11, july 28, 2008

Deadly bomb blasts hit Istanbul

At least 16 people have been killed and 154 wounded in two explosions in the Turkish city of Istanbul, in what officials say was a terrorist attack.

13:20, july 24, 2008

Torrential rain causes mudslides in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 24, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Heavy rainfalls have caused mudslides in some districts of the northern Sughd province.

10:18, july 24, 2008

Criminal proceedings instituted to investigate into mass fight in Khujand

According to the Ministry of Interior, criminal proceedings have been instituted to investigate into a July 22 mass fight in Khujand.

17:12, july 23, 2008

Mass fight, involving local youth and Chinese builders, occurs in Khujand

A mass fight has occurred in bar in Khujand following quarrel between a group of Khujand youth and Chinese builders.

14:49, july 22, 2008

Tajik aircraft makes emergency landing at Chimkent airport

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The aircraft Boeing 737-300 with 138 passengers and 6 crew members on board made an emergency landing at an airport in Chimkent, Kazakhstan yesterday

18:27, july 18, 2008

Flooding will not threaten Tajikistan this year, says CES head

DUSHANBE, July 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Water levels have declined in the rivers and floods do not threaten the country this year, Khaibullo Latipov, the head of the Committee for Emergency

17:35, july 14, 2008

35 persons drowned in Tajikistan during swimming season

DUSHANBE, July 14, 2008, Asia-Plus - The 18-year-old resident of the Sughd province, Inomjon Sobirov, was drowned in the Varzob lake, some 12 kilometers north of Dushanbe, on July 12,

12:40, july 10, 2008

Three killed, three injured in Khatlon traffic accident

Three persons were killed and at least three others were injured Wednesday as a car with five passengers turned over in the Khatlon province.

18:53, july 7, 2008

Two drown as boat with humanitarian aid turns over

Two employees of the Aga Foundation persons drowned Sunday as the boat with humanitarian aid turned over in the Panj River in the area of Khumroghi, GBAOâ€™s Vanj district.

14:27, july 4, 2008

Two injured in fire that breaks out at refueling station in Muminobod

Two refueling station operators have sustained first- and second-degree burns as fire has broke out at the refueling station in Khatlonâ€™s Muminobod district.

18:13, july 3, 2008

Two killed, one injured in traffic accident on the Fakhrobod Pass

DUSHANBE, July 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two persons were killed and on other was seriously injured Thursday as a car went over precipice on the Fakhrobod Pass, according to press service of the

14:49, july 2, 2008

Tremor jolts Tajik capital today morning

DUSHANBE, July 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An earthquake measuring 3.0-4.0 on a 12-pont scale jolted Dushanbe today morning, at 4:51 a.m., according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

15:45, june 30, 2008

UN official supports idea of convening special session of the UN General Assembly to discuss water problems

DUSHANBE, June 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Regional water problems and the results of a June 27-28 international conference on the water-related disaster risk reduction issues were a focus of a

13:41, june 30, 2008

Water-related disaster risk reduction conference results in adoption of declaration

DUSHANBE, June 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A June 27-28 international conference on the water-related risk reduction issues has resulted in adoption of the Dushanbe Declaration.