U.S. sanctions slow down post-earthquake reconstruction in Afghanistan

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U.S. sanctions slow down post-earthquake reconstruction in Afghanistan

STORY: U.S. sanctions slow down post-earthquake reconstruction in Afghanistan DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the houses hit by the earthquake 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): ZARIF, Resident of Ziruk district 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): JASSIM KHAN, Resident of Ziruk district 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): MOHAMMAD NASIM HAQQANI, Spokesperson of State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Pashto): ZARIF, Resident of Ziruk district STORYLINE: Living in a China-donated tent, 41-year-old Zarif believed that the U.S. freezing of Afghanistan's assets has undermined the local post-earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction. A destructive earthquake that hit Afghanistan on June 22 killed more than 1,000 people, and destroyed more than 17,000 houses, mostly in Paktika and the neighboring Khost provinces. Following the withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces from the Asian country, Afghanistan's assets worth more than 9 billion

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