Migrating Afghans wish for stable, prosperous motherland

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Migrating Afghans wish for stable, prosperous motherland

STORY: Migrating Afghans wish for stable, prosperous motherland DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Islam Qala crossing point, a border town connecting Afghanistan to Iran 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD ALAM AMINI, Afghan migrant leaving for Iran 3. various of Islam Qala crossing point, a border town connecting Afghanistan to Iran 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): BARAKATULLAH GULZAR, Afghan migrant leaving for Iran 5. various of Islam Qala crossing point, a border town connecting Afghanistan to Iran 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MAWLAWI HAMAYON HUMAT, Deputy commissioner for Islam Qala border 7. various of Islam Qala crossing point, a border town connecting Afghanistan to Iran STORYLINE: The U.S.-led coalition force's 20-year war in Afghanistan caused poverty and forced hundreds of thousands of Afghans to leave their homeland. In the wake of the withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces in August last year, Washington imposed sanctions on Kabul's new ru

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