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Tajikistan

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Tajikistan .

COMMENT: NATO on South Asia’s doorstep —Tanvir Ahmad Khan Dec 1, 2005
Daily Times, But 12 members of CIS including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and ... The NATO contingent in our earthquake-stricken areas is a ...

Nepali experts reach Pakistan to help quake victims Nov 24, 2005
Nepali Times, ...and earthquake engineer at the National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET ... hit regions of the world, such as Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Indonesia and ...

Pakistan vows to account for $5.8 bln in quake aid Nov 20, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...beside Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Paraguay, Somalia, Sudan and Tajikistan. ... will be used for the earthquake-affected area," Pakistani Prime Minister ...

Summary of today's meeting of the General Assembly Nov 29, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...by Afghanistan to Pakistan following the tragic 8 October earthquake. ... States -- China, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ...

Pakistani leaders vow to adhere to ECO objectives Nov 28, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of ... Pakistan undertakes massive reconstruction and rehabilitation after a devastating earthquake. ...

TMI Announces Campaign to Provide Tents for Himalayan Earthquake ... Nov 8, 2005
PNN, ...poor, lost their makeshift dwellings in the October 8th earthquake and impassable ... In addition, they have new programs in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.

Pakistan: More than US $5.8 billion pledged for quake victims Nov 20, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), 144th beside Kenya, Paraguay, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan and Tajikistan. IRIN photos and articles of the Asia earthquake impact are ...

Pakistan says quake killed 72,000, injured 69,000, rendered 4 ... Nov 8, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, India, UK, Indonesia, Tajikistan, Luxemburg, Brazil ... for distribution among the people affected by October 8 earthquake.

PAKISTAN: More than US $5.8 billion pledged for quake victims Nov 20, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...to ensure transparent spending of foreign contributions to earthquake aid and ... Kenya, Paraguay, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan and Tajikistan.

The Truth about Aid and Donations Nov 13, 2005
Khilafah.com, ...disasters; the Indonesia Tsunami and the South Asian earthquake to name ... Since Tajikistan gained independence, little investment has been made in developing its ...


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The Pakistani Red Crescent
The mission of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society as the leading non-governmental humanitarian organization, is to ameliorate the suffering of the most vulnerable people in distress without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, class, or political opinion.

Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief (IR) is an international relief and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr Hany El Banna.

Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
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