AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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

Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance's tanks are ready in Charikar, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 9 to head for the battlefront in a bid to capture Mazar-e-Sharif, a stronghold of the Afghan ruling Taliban. A senior Northern Alliance official claimed the alliance's troops entered Mazar-e-Sharif and met little resistance.

Northern Alliance soldiers supplied with military uniforms

Northern Alliance soldiers supplied with military uniforms

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance front-line soldiers are dressed in new camouflage clothing in Charikar, some 30 kilometers north of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Oct 30. The Northern Alliance has supplied new uniforms to its soldiers to raise their fighting spirit against the Taliban.

Afghan forces destroy IS weapon cache in eastern Parwan province

STORY: Afghan forces destroy IS weapon cache in eastern Parwan province DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the destroyed weapon cache of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province STORYLINE: Security forces have found and destroyed a weapon cache of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Kamran Habibi said on Tuesday. Quoting the official, the local Tolo television channel reported that the weapon cache was discovered in a house in the provincial capital Charikar city on Monday and police have taken into custody three persons, including a woman, in this connection. Police have discovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including two suicide vests, from the weapon cache and dynamited the house, which damaged several houses nearby, the media outlet reported. The hardliner IS, which has claimed responsibility for a series of blasts over the past

Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance's tanks are ready in Charikar, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 9 to head for the battlefront in a bid to capture Mazar-e-Sharif, a stronghold of the Afghan ruling Taliban. A senior Northern Alliance official claimed the alliance's troops entered Mazar-e-Sharif and met little resistance.