Tajkistan, Incidents

12:52, may 22, 2008

Two Tajik teenagers still being held by Uzbek special services

DUSHANBE, May 22, Asia-Plus -- Two Tajik teenagers are still being held by Uzbek special services, Davlat Nazriyev, a spokesman for the Tajik MFA, told Asia-Plus today. .

13:46, may 21, 2008

Khatlon traffic police launch operation

QURGHON TEPPA, May 21, Asia-Plus -- To prevent traffic accidents involving children, traffic police in the province of Khatlon have launched 10-day operation dubbed “Children.

15:37, may 16, 2008

Six Tajik teenagers detained by Uzbek border guards released

As a result of negotiations between border service representatives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, six Tajik teenagers that were detained by Uzbek border guards on April 27 for illegally crossing the

16:31, may 14, 2008

ADB to help ease flooding and erosion at Tajik-Afghan border

DUSHANBE, May 14, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $1.

10:18, may 14, 2008

Tajik school students to be released in the near future: MFA

DUSHANBE, May 14, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently conducting negotiations with Uzbek authorities regarding the release of six Tajik school students that were

10:17, may 13, 2008

MFA negotiates the release of Tajik school students

Tajik MFA is currently negotiating with Uzbek authorities the release of six Tajik school students, detained by Uzbek border guards on April 27.

15:03, may 12, 2008

Six Tajik school students still held by Uzbek special services

KHUJAND, May 12, Asia-Plus -- Six of thirty-one Tajik school students detained by Uzbek special services on April 27 have not yet been released.

13:05, may 12, 2008

One of victims of May 9 traffic accident dies in hospital

DUSHANBE, May 12, Asia-Plus -- One of victims of a May 9 traffic accident in the Victory Park in Dushanbe has died in hospital.

16:02, may 10, 2008

Police cruiser hits celebrating crowd in Dushanbe on May 9

Five persons were injured and taken to hospital on May 9 as a police cruiser, driven by deputy chief of Dushanbe police directorate, hit celebrating crowd in the Victory Park in Dushanbe.

19:01, may 5, 2008

Ministry of economy announces new price rise for electricity

The prices of electricity have risen from 3.2 dirams per one KWh to 4.8 dirams for residential customers and from 5.3 dirams to 10.

12:40, april 30, 2008

Three killed, two injured in traffic accident in Sughd

KHUJAND, April30, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were killed and two others were injured in Sughd’s Bobjonghafurov district on Monday as drunk driver hit them, according to the Sughd police

14:12, april 28, 2008

Damage caused to GBAO by this year’s fires amounts to 7.700 somonis

KHOROG, April 28, Asia-Plus -- Five fires have been reported in Gorno Badakhshan over the first three months of this year, which is five cases fewer than in the same period of last year,

10:52, april 28, 2008

Frequent tremors can be felt in several villages in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, April 28, Asia-Plus -- Frequent tremors have been felt in several villages of GBAO’s Vanj district over the past six months, Yusuf Ishoqov, the head of the Vanj emergency management

17:40, april 21, 2008

Glacier starts moving in GBAO’ Vanj district

DUSHANBE, April 21, Asia-Plus -- Special commission comprising representatives from the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) and the Main Geology Directorate will make flying around

19:41, april 19, 2008

13 people killed in natural disasters in Tajikistan in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 19, Asia-Plus -- 42 natural disasters occurred in the country over the first three months of this year, killing 13 people, Chairman of the Committee for Emergency Situations

12:33, april 18, 2008

Threat of floods and landslides in Tajikistan prompts UN humanitarian appeal

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- The United Nations’ humanitarian wing is urgently appealing for $1.

11:09, april 18, 2008

19 killed in fries in Tajikistan in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- 431 fires have occurred in Tajikistan over the first three months of this year, leaving 19

10:28, april 18, 2008

Program of international conference on water-related risk reduction discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the consultative council for international conference to discuss water-related disaster risk reduction was held in Dushanbe on April 17.

20:00, april 17, 2008

Flooding damages 13 residential buildings in Khatlon’s Jomi district

Flooding caused by recent heavy rainfalls has damaged a number of residential buildings and 50 ha of corn areas in the dehqan (peasant) farm Vahdat, Khatlonâ€™s Jomi district.

13:12, april 16, 2008

A car blows up in Qurghon Teppa

QURGHON TEPPA, April 16, Asia-Plus -- A car VAZ-2106 blew up outside the building of the Khatlon police directorate yesterday afternoon, Asia-Plus ahs learned from Khatlon traffic police

18:32, april 15, 2008

Torrential rain affects areas under grain crops in Kulob

Flooding caused by recent heavy rainfalls has affected some 20 hectares of areas under grain crops in Khatlonâ€™s Kulob district.

12:16, april 9, 2008

One killed on Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Sughd’s Mastchoh district was killed yesterday evening when he was trying to illegally cross the Uzbek-Tajik border.

20:14, april 3, 2008

Meteorologists forecast torrential rains in April

DUSHANBE, April 3, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rains are expected in the country within the next few days, Mahmad Safarov, the deputy head of the hydrometeorology department within the Committee

10:12, april 2, 2008

Tajik, Kyrgyz FMs to seek solution to Tajik-Kyrgyz water conflict

DUSHANBE, April 2, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to a water supply incident that occurred between two border districts of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in late March are supposed to be discussed at

19:33, april 1, 2008

Mission East helps install EWS on both banks of the Yaksou River in Khatlon

KULOB, April 1, Asia-Plus -- Installation of the early warning system (EWS) on both banks of the Yakhsou River has been completed, Asia-Plus has learned from Orzou Rahmonov, an official with

16:58, march 28, 2008

WB helps Kyrgyz authorities control flow of water coming to Tajik villages: Isfara mayor

ISFARA, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Authorities of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken district intend to limit flow of water coming to Tajik villages. Speaking in an interview with Asia-Plus, Ms.

16:07, march 27, 2008

Two killed in gas blast in southern Tajikistan

Two persons were killed in Khatlonâ€™s Rumi district Wednesday as tanker truck loaded with liquefied gas blew up.

13:39, march 27, 2008

Alleged killer of former deputy Tajik chief prosecutor dies in prison under mysterious circumstances

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus -- The 44-year-old former customs officer Ali Beknazarov, who was better known as Ali the Pont (Ali the Show), died in pretrial detention facility in

21:10, march 19, 2008

Tajikistan puts losses from unusually cold winter at $850 mln

DUSHANBE, March 19, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan''s coldest winter in 25 years has cost the Central Asian state''s economy $850 million in losses, the chairman of the governmental commission on emergency

15:15, march 18, 2008

CSTO coordinating panel on emergencies meets in Moscow

DUSHANBE, March 18, Asia-Plus -- The first session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Coordinating Council on Emergencies (CCE) has opened in Moscow.