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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

View of rising waters from flash floods in the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather near the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather near the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather near the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

View of rising waters from flash floods in the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

View of rising waters from flash floods in the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather near the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Floods Hit Faryab Province - Afghanistan

Residents gather on the Pul-e-Malan bridge on the Hari Rud River in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2024. Flash floods caused by the torrential rains in the Northern and Western Regions of Afghanistan caused further flooding, affecting Faryab Province in the Northern Region and the Ghor, Herat, Badghis, and Farah Provinces of the Western Region. Ghor Province was severely affected in the Western Region, with initial reports indicating 2,000 homes destroyed and 400 damaged. An estimated 50 people have died, according to the local authorities. Public infrastructure has been critically impacted, including damage and temporary closure of the Ghor-Herat highway. Photo by Mustafa Noori/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan floods affect over 30,000 since year-start: UN

STORY: Afghanistan floods affect over 30,000 since year-start: UN SHOOTING TIME: May 19/20/21, 2024 DATELINE: May 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-hit areas in Maimana, the capital of north Afghanistan's Faryab province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MULLAH JANAN SAEQ, Spokesman for Afghanistan's national disaster authority 3. various of the flood-hit areas in Maimana, the capital of north Afghanistan's Faryab province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): MUHAMMAD DADULLAH, Resident in Afghanistan's Faryab province 5. various of the flood-hit areas in Firoz Koh, the capital of west Afghanistan's Ghor province STORYLINE: More than 30,000 people have been affected by floods across Afghanistan since this year, the United Nations (UN) has said. The UN refugees agency said on social media platform X on Monday that flood-affected people "urgently need emergency shelter, medical supplies, food, cash, safe drinking water and hygiene kits." The World Health Organization al

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AFGHANISTAN-FARYAB-FLOOD

(240519) -- FARYAB, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People stand by a muddy road following flash flooding in Maimana, the capital of north Afghanistan's Faryab Province, May 19, 2024. At least 120 were killed due to heavy rains and flash floods in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province and western Ghor province on Friday and Saturday, local officials said. (Photo by Ahmad Zubair/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-FARYAB-FLOOD

(240519) -- FARYAB, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People clear a muddy road following flash flooding in Maimana, the capital of north Afghanistan's Faryab Province, May 19, 2024. At least 120 were killed due to heavy rains and flash floods in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province and western Ghor province on Friday and Saturday, local officials said. (Photo by Ahmad Zubair/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN

(230829) -- JAWZJAN, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child receives a dose of polio vaccine during an anti-polio campaign in Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2023. Afghan health authorities on Monday launched an anti-polio campaign in the northern Afghan provinces of Balkh, Samangan, Jawzjan, Faryab and Sari Pul, a UN official said on Monday. (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN

(230829) -- JAWZJAN, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child receives a dose of polio vaccine during an anti-polio campaign in Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2023. Afghan health authorities on Monday launched an anti-polio campaign in the northern Afghan provinces of Balkh, Samangan, Jawzjan, Faryab and Sari Pul, a UN official said on Monday. (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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Residents of northern Afghan provinces shelter themselves from extreme summer weather

STORY: Residents of northern Afghan provinces shelter themselves from extreme summer weather DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people playing in the valleys and waterfall in Sarpol province 2. various of swimming pools and people from Jawzjan province STORYLINE: The air temperature in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan Province is expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, and the temperature, according to the weather broadcast, will reach 46 degrees Celsius by Thursday. People from Jawzjan are sheltering themselves from such extreme weather in the valleys, ponds and waterfalls. Residents of many northern Afghan provinces, such as Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, and Sarpul, are coming to the summer resorts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shiberghan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

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Motorbike bombing rocks Afghanistan's Maimana city

STORY: Motorbike bombing rocks Afghanistan's Maimana city DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: MAIMANA, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Maimana city, capital of northern Afghanistan's Faryab province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: A motorbike bomb exploded close to a mosque in Maimana city, capital of northern Afghanistan's Faryab province, on Wednesday, causing no loss of life, provincial director of information and culture Mawlawi Shamsudin Mohammad said. "Terrorists placed an explosive device in the cavities of a motorbike and the device exploded in front of Imam Abu Hanifa mosque in Maimana city at around 1:00 p.m. local time today but fortunately left no casualties," Mohammadi told Xinhua. Without providing more details, the official noted that the concerned authorities had begun investigations to identify the culprits and bring them to justice. In the meantime, eyewitnesses who declined to be named said six people including three security personnel wer

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Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks

STORY: Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views after a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. various of countryside views after a snowfall in Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks, spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Shafiullah Rahimi said on Monday. In talks to local media, Rahimi said the 104 people had lost their lives due to heavy snowfall, freezing weather and gas suffocation in Takhar, Badakhshan, Nimroz, Kandahar, Laghman, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Jawzjan, Sari Pul, Faryab, Paktika, Balkh, Samangan, Bamyan and other parts of the country. In cash-strapped Afghanistan where there is no heating system, people often use coal, wood or liquid gas to keep themselves warm, which in many cases claims human live

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220123) -- KABUL, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People receive relief assistance donated by China in Maimana, capital of Faryab province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2022. Afghanistan's caretaker government began to deliver the China-aided humanitarian food supplies on Saturday to at least 10 provinces of the country's 34 provinces, an official said Saturday.The supplies including 440 tons of rice will be shipped by 20 trucks to 10 most vulnerable provinces, Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, told Xinhua here.China has recently sent batches of humanitarian assistance including foodstuff, COVID-19 vaccines and winter clothes to the Central Asian country. (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220123) -- KABUL, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People receive relief assistance donated by China in Maimana, capital of Faryab province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2022. Afghanistan's caretaker government began to deliver the China-aided humanitarian food supplies on Saturday to at least 10 provinces of the country's 34 provinces, an official said Saturday.The supplies including 440 tons of rice will be shipped by 20 trucks to 10 most vulnerable provinces, Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, told Xinhua here.China has recently sent batches of humanitarian assistance including foodstuff, COVID-19 vaccines and winter clothes to the Central Asian country. (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220123) -- KABUL, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People receive relief assistance donated by China in Maimana, capital of Faryab province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2022. Afghanistan's caretaker government began to deliver the China-aided humanitarian food supplies on Saturday to at least 10 provinces of the country's 34 provinces, an official said Saturday.The supplies including 440 tons of rice will be shipped by 20 trucks to 10 most vulnerable provinces, Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, told Xinhua here.China has recently sent batches of humanitarian assistance including foodstuff, COVID-19 vaccines and winter clothes to the Central Asian country. (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)