Chinese scholars help protect Afghan cultural heritage

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Chinese scholars help protect Afghan cultural heritage

STORY: Chinese scholars help protect Afghan cultural heritage DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the football game 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (DARI): SAYED HASSAN HUSSAINI, Student of Bamyan University 3. various of the archaeological remains 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (DARI): ALI HUSSAINYAR, Local representative of Chinese scholars STORYLINE: In central Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, near the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, Sayed Hassan Hussaini played his first football game since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (DARI): SAYED HASSAN HUSSAINI, Student of Bamyan University "The game delivers a message of peace and friendship, underpinning the fact that we are peace-loving people. And it was organized with the assistance of our Chinese friends." The Chinese scholars are from several universities in the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong-based organization Friends of Dunhuang. They chose to hold the game in front of th

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