2 killed, 125 injured as quakes shake west Afghanistan

STORY: 2 killed, 125 injured as quakes shake west Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescuing injured people in Afghanistan's Herat province STORYLINE: Two were dead and 125 injured people have been taken to hospital following tremors in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Sunday, said Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor in Herat hospital. However, locals say two tremors which in a span of minutes rocked Herat and its vicinity Sunday morning have damaged around 30 villages in the province. Two deadly quakes, according to China Earthquake Networks Center, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale followed by several aftershocks, rocked west Afghanistan with an epicenter in Zindajan district of Herat province on Oct. 7, leaving over 2,000 dead and thousands more injured. Since Oct. 7, Herat has been experiencing a series of tremors, forcing locals to live and sleep on the open ground to escape possible devastatin

AFGHANISTAN-QUAKE-AFTERSHOCK

AFGHANISTAN-QUAKE-AFTERSHOCK

(231015) -- HERAT, Oct. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People are seen near tents on the open ground for fear of tremors in Herat City, west Afghanistan's Herat Province, Oct. 15, 2023. Two were dead and 125 injured people have been taken to hospital following tremors in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Sunday, said Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor in Herat hospital. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-QUAKE-AFTERSHOCK

AFGHANISTAN-QUAKE-AFTERSHOCK

(231015) -- HERAT, Oct. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People are seen near tents on the open ground for fear of tremors in Herat City, west Afghanistan's Herat Province, Oct. 15, 2023. Two were dead and 125 injured people have been taken to hospital following tremors in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Sunday, said Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor in Herat hospital. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Afghanistan's rice farmers struggle to feed their hungry nation

STORY: Afghanistan's rice farmers struggle to feed their hungry nation DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:24 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the streets view in Kabul 2 various of the rice processing plant 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QADER AFZALI, Boss of Shuaib Faysal Rice 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): QADER AFZALI, Boss of Shuaib Faysal Rice 5 SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, Farmer STORYLINE: The triple whammy of decade-long war, regime change and COVID-19 has left Afghanistan reeling. However, domestic food companies are striving to feed their hungry nation and at the same time, trying to create more jobs for locals. Qader Afzali, boss of Shuaib Faysal Rice, a rice processing plant, told Xinhua recently that his company has already employed over 200 people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QADER AFZALI, Boss of Shuaib Faysal Rice "Afghanistan is in economic crisis. It is the moral responsibility of the business community to keep their employees on, and try to create more jobs." SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari