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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

(240507) -- HERAT, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People set up a China-donated tent in Adraskan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province, May 4, 2024. In a continuation of humanitarian support reminiscent of last year's earthquake response, China-donated tents were distributed to families affected by flooding in west Afghanistan's Herat Province a couple of days ago, to offer a temporary refuge to those grappling with the aftermath of natural disasters. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

(240507) -- HERAT, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People set up a China-donated tent in Adraskan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province, May 4, 2024. In a continuation of humanitarian support reminiscent of last year's earthquake response, China-donated tents were distributed to families affected by flooding in west Afghanistan's Herat Province a couple of days ago, to offer a temporary refuge to those grappling with the aftermath of natural disasters. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

(240507) -- HERAT, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 4, 2024 shows flood-affected residents beside China-donated tents in Adraskan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province. In a continuation of humanitarian support reminiscent of last year's earthquake response, China-donated tents were distributed to families affected by flooding in west Afghanistan's Herat Province a couple of days ago, to offer a temporary refuge to those grappling with the aftermath of natural disasters. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

(240507) -- HERAT, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 4, 2024 shows a boy in front of a China-donated tent for flood-affected residents in Adraskan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province. In a continuation of humanitarian support reminiscent of last year's earthquake response, China-donated tents were distributed to families affected by flooding in west Afghanistan's Herat Province a couple of days ago, to offer a temporary refuge to those grappling with the aftermath of natural disasters. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-FLOOD-CHINA-AID

(240507) -- HERAT, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 4, 2024 shows children in front of a China-donated tent for flood-affected residents in Adraskan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province. In a continuation of humanitarian support reminiscent of last year's earthquake response, China-donated tents were distributed to families affected by flooding in west Afghanistan's Herat Province a couple of days ago, to offer a temporary refuge to those grappling with the aftermath of natural disasters. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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

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