China-built canal from 1970s still vital for Afghan farmers

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China-built canal from 1970s still vital for Afghan farmers

STORY: China-built canal from 1970s still vital for Afghan farmers DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: CHARIKAR, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the China-funded irrigation project 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD YUSUF AZIMI, Villager from Parwan province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): QALAMDAR, Villager from Parwan province 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MUJIB RAHMAN HABIBI, Head of department for Ghorband-Charikar sub-river basin STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province. What's behind me is a China-funded irrigation project. This project is a water canal project, built by China as aid to Afghanistan in the 1970s. According to locals, the project has brought 'water for life' and boosted farming in this war-torn country in the past decades of years." Mohammad Yusuf Azimi, 58, a villager from eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province, began growing beans on his

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