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At approximate location     37.7°N, 69.8°E the Indian Plate plate is subducting below the Tadjik Plate with an approximate dip of 69.02°N.

Further North along the Plate boundary the Tadjik Plate is subducting below the Indian Plate at an average dip of 58.27°SE.

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The Indian Plate is currently moving NE at 5 centimetres per year, while the Eurasian Plate is moving north at only 2cm per year. Indian Plate is currently being compressed 4mm a year. In one million years, if conditions continue at the same rate, then the Indian Plate will keep colliding into Eurasian Plate in a NE direction, causing erosion along the margins, and mountain building. The Indian Plate will have travelled 50,000m to the NE and the Eurasian Plate will have travelled 20,000m to the N.

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Google Earth movie showing the Tajikistan subduction zone and earthquake depth data.

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Earthquake depth data for the previous two years

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Earthquake depth data for the previous two years

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The earthquake depth data shows that there are two subduction areas separated by a fault system seen in the tectonic processes diagram, which subduct in opposite directions.

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Figure 1 displays the subduction processes operating between the Tadjiik Plate and the Indian Plate. At 1. We can see a fault due to backthrust  pressure. A high number of deep earthquakes near Badakhshan illustrate the tectonic processes. At 2, we can see a high level of deep earthquakes this is due to the subducting oceanic crust. This oceanic crust is from the paleo ocean Tethys.

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SUBDUCTION RESULTING IN SURFACE FEATURES

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SUBDUCTION RESULTING IN SURFACE FEATURES

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90% of Tajikistan's surface area is orogenic in nature, with 50% of the country above 3000m in elevation.
The Pamir Mountains have resulted in the intracontinental subduction zone beneath.
Paleozoic/Proterozoic metased and igneous rocks that are found int he Northern Pamir terrane are the same as the middle-lower crust in the Tajik Basin. This basin has now been forced up and is incorporated into the Pamir Mountains. So the basin rocks have forced up by subduction. This intracontinental collision of the Eurasian and Indian plates is the same event that created Mt. Everest.

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Earthquake age data for the previous 2 years. 

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Earthquake age data for the previous 2 years. 