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Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan

STORY: Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of destroying a drug lab 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMAD YOUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director for counter-narcotics police 3. various of destroying a drug lab STORYLINE: Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMAD YOUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director for counter-narcotics police "After spotting the place by security personnel of Qushtepa district we launched operations today and destroyed the drug lab with all its facilities including bowls and barrels, we set fire to all." Similarly, in Dara-e-Suf district of Samanagan province, police discovered and destroyed a drug lab and objects used in manufacturing heroin on Tuesd

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(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security personnel burn down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security personnel prepare to burn down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Drug processing facilities are burnt down in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security personnel burns down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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Afghan police destroy 80 acres of poppy farms in Jawzjan province

STORY: Afghan police destroy 80 acres of poppy farms in Jawzjan province DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan police destroying poppy farms in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): YUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director of counter-narcotics STORYLINE: Afghan police have destroyed around 80 acres of poppy farms and hashish in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province over the past two months, an official said on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): YUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director of counter-narcotics "Over the past two months, during a series of operations, we have destroyed 80 acres of poppy farms and hashish in seven districts of Jawzjan province, including six acres of hashish farms today." In similar operations against illicit crops, police destroyed around 600 acres of poppy farms in three provinces several weeks ago. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of Afghan caretaker administration, issued a decree

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350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan

STORY: 350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of counter-narcotics police destroying the hashish crops in Herat province STORYLINE: Afghan security forces have destroyed 350 acres of hashish farms over the past two months in western Herat province, head of the counter-narcotics force in the province Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Monday. The operations have covered Enjil, Gazara, Shindand, Adraskan, Farsi, Obe and Zawal districts, the official said, adding that his administration would continue to fight poppy cultivation, hashish and all kinds of illegal crops used in manufacturing illicit drugs in the province. The counter-narcotics police have destroyed more than 5,000 acres of poppy and hashish fields across Herat province over the past five months, according to the official. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, in a decree issued in April banne

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Security forces destroy poppy farms in W. Afghanistan

STORY: Security forces destroy poppy farms in W. Afghanistan DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of security forces destroying poppy farm STORYLINE: Units of the Counter-Narcotics Force have destroyed 5,000 acres of poppy cultivated farms in western Afghanistan's Herat province over the past four months, head of the counter-narcotics force in the province Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Thursday. "In the latest move against illicit drugs, we destroyed eight acres of poppy and hashish fields on Wednesday alone," Rohani told Xinhua. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Taliban-run caretaker administration, in a decree issued in April banned poppy cultivation, processing and trafficking. Since then the security forces have been cracking down on narcotics in the war-torn country. The security forces have destroyed poppy and hashish fields in Gazara, Shindand, Adraskan, Farsi and Zawal districts over the past four months and would con

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Afghan Taliban's supreme leader orders to provide jobs, education to Kabul beggars

STORY: Afghan Taliban's supreme leader orders to provide jobs, education to Kabul beggars DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Kabul STORYLINE: The Supreme Leader of the Taliban-run caretaker government has ordered to ban beggars in Kabul from seeking alms on the street, but to offer them jobs or education, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in his order instructed concerned entities in the administration to round up all the beggars on Kabul city streets and find an amicable solution to the problem. "All the beggars will pass biometric process and the caretakers of fake beggars would be held responsible if he or she returns to begging again," Bakhtar quoted the order as saying. The leader also said that the government would provide job opportunities for the adult beggars who are skilled in any field and send the children beggars to schools. The order said that the government wou

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185 prisoners set free from Afghanistan's Kandahar jail

STORY: 185 prisoners set free from Afghanistan's Kandahar jail DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Afghanistan's Kandahar jail STORYLINE: On Thursday, 185 inmates from Kandahar's central jail were set free in Afghanistan, jail commander Mawlawi Akhtar Mohammad Hussaini said. The detainees, according to the official, were set free in line with the decree of the Taliban-run administration's supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on account of Eid ul-Adha -- the Muslims largest annual religious festival celebrated on Saturday. Hussaini also added that 45 of released inmates had been held for involvement in criminal activities while the remaining 140 were drug addicted persons. According to the official, the authorities also released 350 detainees from the Kandahar jail a couple of days ago. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice

STORY: Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the streets in Kabul. STORYLINE: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, has emphasized for implementing Sharia or Islamic laws, ensuring justice, investment and safeguarding Afghanistan's freedom. Speaking at the gathering of religious leaders and elders of his country in Kabul on Friday, the leader of the caretaker administration stated that Afghans had expelled the occupying forces from their country to establish Islamic system and now "we have Islamic system and this is the responsibility of religious scholars to implement Islamic laws." About 3,500 ulema or religious scholars and elders, according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency, have been invited from across the war-torn country to attend the three-day jirga or grand assembly opened on Thursday. Hibatullah attended the gran

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Afghanistan seeks international support as earthquake claims over 1,000 lives

STORY: Afghanistan seeks international support as earthquake claims over 1,000 lives DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the disaster area STORYLINE: The Taliban-run administration in Afghanistan has called for international assistance amid ongoing rescue operations following the devastating earthquake Wednesday in the eastern area of the country. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Afghanistan including the capital city Kabul. More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead and over 1,500 others injured in Paktika and the neighboring Khost provinces. Villagers told Xinhua that they were still searching for their loved ones under the debris in the quake-affected areas. The earthquake has left hundreds of houses ruined. Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, has sought assistance from the international community. Countries including China, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey have pledged humanitar

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Afghanistan announces national budget for current fiscal year

STORY: Afghanistan announces national budget for current fiscal year DATELINE: May 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a conference during which the national budget is announced in Kabul 2. various of the view of Kabul city STORYLINE: Afghanistan on Saturday announced a 231.4-billion-afghani (2.6 billion U.S. dollar) national budget for the 1401 fiscal year on the Persian calendar beginning March 21, 2022. Of the total sum, 203.5 billion afghanis will be allocated for the ordinary budget, and 27.9 billion afghanis for the development budget, Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Afghan caretaker government Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi told reporters. The budget was announced following the final review of the cabinet and approval of the Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, according to Hanafi. "This year's budget, whether in the field of education, government staff salaries, defense, or any other parts, will be funded by national rev

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Taliban supreme leader encourages investment in Afghanistan

STORY: Taliban supreme leader encourages investment in Afghanistan DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the presidential palace of Afghanistan 2. various of Kabul STORYLINE: The supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration has invited domestic and foreign companies to invest in Afghanistan and also called upon Afghans to get together and rebuild their war-torn country. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada made the remarks in his message on account of Eid-al-Fitr, marking the end of Muslim fasting month Ramadan. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attaches great importance to reconstruction of the country for which it has assigned a competent economic committee to utilize all existing capacities toward the development of the country," he said in his message released by the state-run news agency Bakhtar on Friday. Hibatullah also described Afghanistan as the common home of all Afghans and urged those who left their country to r

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Beekeeping key to replace opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

STORY: Beekeeping key to replace opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Kandahar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a bee farm in Kandahar province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ABDUL BARI, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL BARI, Farmer 4. various shots of a bee farm in Kandahar province 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MOHAMMAD YAQOOB, Beekeeper 6. various of a bee farm in Kandahar province STORYLINE: The beekeeping and honey production industry in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar has been expanding after long years of insecurity and heavy fighting. Now, it has become an important source of income for locals. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ABDUL BARI, Farmer "Running a beekeeping farm is a satisfying and profitable career. The honey produced on my farm is pure, and the profitable industry has attracted many farmers to raise bees... harvest honey and sell (them) to local markets." On April 3, the Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada banned in a

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(220404) -- KANDAHAR, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers collect raw opium in a poppy field in Kandahar, Afghanistan, April 3, 2022. The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

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(220404) -- KANDAHAR, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Poppy pods are seen in a field in Kandahar, Afghanistan, April 3, 2022. The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

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(220404) -- KANDAHAR, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer collects raw opium in a poppy field in Kandahar, Afghanistan, April 3, 2022. The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

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(220404) -- KANDAHAR, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer collects raw opium in a poppy field in Kandahar, Afghanistan, April 3, 2022. The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

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Taliban supreme leader bans poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

STORY: Taliban supreme leader bans poppy cultivation in Afghanistan DATELINE: April 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID, Chief spokesman of Afghanistan's caretaker government 3. various of street views in Kabul 4. various of poppy fields STORYLINE: The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID, Chief spokesman of Afghanistan's caretaker government "As per the decree of the supreme leader of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country. In addition, the usage, transportation, trade, export and import of all types of narcotics such as alcohol, heroin, tablet K (street name for a drug with stimulant effects that often

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(220403) -- KABUL, April 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chief spokesman of Afghanistan's caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid speaks at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2022. The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)