Afghan official urges int'l community to help orphans, disabled people

STORY: Afghan official urges int'l community to help orphans, disabled people DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people with disabilities in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAH MOHAMMAD DOST, Chief of office of the Acting Minister for the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs of Afghanistan 3. various of people with disabilities in Kabul, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAH MOHAMMAD DOST, Chief of office of the Acting Minister for the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs of Afghanistan 5. various of people with disabilities in Kabul, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAH MOHAMMAD DOST, Chief of office of the Acting Minister for the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs of Afghanistan 7. various of people with disabilities in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: The international community is expected to help the orphans and people with disabilities in war-torn Afghanistan to recover and stand o

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-OFFICIAL-INTERVIEW

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-OFFICIAL-INTERVIEW

(230727) -- KABUL, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mawlawi Shah Mohammad Dost, chief of office of the Acting Minister for the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs, receives an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 25, 2023. TO GO WITH "Interview: Afghan official urges int'l community to help orphans, disabled people" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Hasebe helps Wolfsburg hammer Dusseldorf in season debut

Hasebe helps Wolfsburg hammer Dusseldorf in season debut

DUSSELDORF, Germany - Makoto Hasebe (C) of Wolfsburg competes for the ball in the second half of a German Bundesliga first division soccer match against Fortuna Dusseldorf in Dusseldorf on Oct. 27, 2012. Hasebe set up Bas Dost for the third goal in his first appearance of the season in his team's 4-1 win.

Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province

STORY: Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province DATELINE: July 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad 2. various of the election STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad "Hamza Shahbaz from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday won the election in the provincial assembly to retain his position as the chief minister of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the deputy speaker of the assembly announced." Shahbaz, son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, secured 179 votes against 176 votes received by Pervaiz Elahi, a joint candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former prime minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), said deputy speaker Dost Mazari. Elahi had received 186 votes, including 176 from PTI and 10 from the PML, but the deputy speaker excluded the 10 votes of the PML after its chief

180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar

STORY: 180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Kandahar STORYLINE: At least 180 people infected with cholera have been admitted to Mir Wais Hospital in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, said a physician in the hospital on Thursday. Up to "74 patients affected with the disease are from Shah Walikot district," said Soorgul Nawzadi, the physician. The disease earlier killed 20 children in the neighboring Helmand province, said Nawzadi. In Baghran district of the Helmand province, about 150 people have been infected with the disease, local people said. "The weather is too hot... We don't have clean drinking water and I think the lack of clean water could be a reason for the outbreak of the disease in our area," said Dost Mohammad, a resident of Shah Walikot district. Qari Abdullah, also a resident of Shah Walikot district, has called upon the local adminis