U.S. sanctions cast pall over post-quake reconstruction in Afghanistan

STORY: U.S. sanctions cast pall over post-quake reconstruction in Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghanistan's Herat province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD, Villager in Afghanistan's Herat province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): DAWOOD, Villager in Afghanistan's Herat province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): NISAR AHMAD ELIAS, Herat provincial government spokesman STORYLINE: Mohammad, a resident displaced by devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan's Herat province, is now living with six family members under the blankets in open ground. He said he believed that the U.S. freezing of Afghanistan's assets has undermined the local post-quake rehabilitation and reconstruction. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD, Villager in Afghanistan's Herat province "Even though the earthquake was over, we nearly lost the hope of life. We don't know whether we can continue our life or not. The United States which has oppressed the people of Afghanistan fo

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