RASHT, September 21, 2010, Asia-Plus – A curfew was introduced in Rasht district on September 20, a representative from the Rasht police department told reporters today.

The curfew is in effect between 8:00 pm and 6:00 pm, the Rasht police representative told reporters.  He refrained from giving further details pleading an absence of chiefs. 

We will recall that the military convoy was ambushed in the Kamarob Gorge in Rasht district, some 250 kilometers east of Dushanbe, on September 19, at 12:30 pm.  23 soldiers were killed and several others were wounded.  Two other servicemen died of wounds sustained in the Rasht attack Monday evening.

Tajik law enforcement authorities have blamed former opposition commander Alovuddin Davlatov, known as Ali Bedak, for the ambush.  The Defense Ministry spokesman Faridoun Mahmadaliyev said the gunmen are believed to have included militants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as fighters from Russia''s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.