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Japanese doctor remembered in Afghanistan

Masaru Murakami (2nd from L), head of Japan's Peshawar-kai nongovernmental aid group, attends a memorial gathering for the group's founder Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, in Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2024, exactly five years after he was killed in a roadside shooting in the eastern Afghan city.

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Japanese doctor remembered in Afghanistan

A picture of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, is seen at a memorial gathering for him in Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2024, exactly five years after he was killed in a roadside shooting in the eastern Afghan city.

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Japanese doctor remembered in Afghanistan

A memorial gathering for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, is held in Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2024, exactly five years after he was killed in a roadside shooting in the eastern Afghan city.

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Chinese-built road paves way to better life for Afghans

STORY: Chinese-built road paves way to better life for Afghans SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): ZAHIDULLAH, Taxi driver 3. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): QURISHI BADLON, Public relations officer of Nangarhar province 5. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): LAL MOHAMMAD, Shopkeeper 7. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan STORYLINE: A Chinese-constructed road in Afghanistan has greatly improved local people's lives and facilitated transportation and business activities. The newly completed 45-km-long road runs from Jalalabad, the capital of east Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, to south

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-PINE NUTS

(231025) -- JALALABAD, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People shell newly-harvested pine nuts in Jalalabad of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-PINE NUTS

(231025) -- JALALABAD, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man shells newly-harvested pine nuts in Jalalabad of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Anti-polio campaign launched in E Afghanistan

STORY: Anti-polio campaign launched in E Afghanistan DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a health worker giving doses to children 2. various of health workers organizing children to receive vaccinations 3. various of children receiving vaccinations 4. various of a health worker giving doses to children STORYLINE: Afghan health authorities launched an anti-polio campaign in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces on Saturday, provincial health official Hakam Khan Gulabzai said. More than 835,000 children under five would receive the immunization vaccine during the four-day campaign, the official added. The campaign to immunize children against the crippling disease was launched amid an increase in polio cases in Afghanistan's eastern regions as five polio cases have been registered in Nangarhar province so far this year. Afghan Public Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman Amar said the Afghan

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Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province

STORY: Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of illicit drugs seized and alleged criminals arrested during the operations in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province STORYLINE: Police in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province have arrested 93 people on charge of involvement in criminal activities over the past month, deputy head of the provincial police department Mawlawi Tahir Mabariz said Monday. Addressing a press conference, the official added that six women and three children are also among the arrested people involved in illegal activities such as murder, robbery, mobile snatching, forgery, theft, drug smuggling, and creating law and order problems. During the operations, police also discovered and seized illicit drugs including heroin and hashish, as well as arms and ammunitions including seven pieces of AK-47 assault rifles and five pistols, the officia

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-POLICE GRADUATION

(230625) -- JALALABAD, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police cadets show their shooting skills during their graduation ceremony in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2023. A total of 430 newly graduated cadets have joined Afghanistan's national police force after completing a two-month training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, Qari Basharmal Bashardost, National Police Academy commander in the east, said Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-POLICE GRADUATION

(230625) -- JALALABAD, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police cadets show their skills during their graduation ceremony in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2023. A total of 430 newly graduated cadets have joined Afghanistan's national police force after completing a two-month training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, Qari Basharmal Bashardost, National Police Academy commander in the east, said Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-POLICE GRADUATION

(230625) -- JALALABAD, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police cadets show their skills during their graduation ceremony in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2023. A total of 430 newly graduated cadets have joined Afghanistan's national police force after completing a two-month training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, Qari Basharmal Bashardost, National Police Academy commander in the east, said Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-POLICE GRADUATION

(230625) -- JALALABAD, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police cadets show their shooting skills during their graduation ceremony in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2023. A total of 430 newly graduated cadets have joined Afghanistan's national police force after completing a two-month training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, Qari Basharmal Bashardost, National Police Academy commander in the east, said Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-JALALABAD-FIRE

(230624) -- JALALABAD, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan man carries a roll of half-burned cloth from the site of a fire in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2023. Properties and goods worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars have been burned to ashes as a hotel caught fire in Jalalabad city, a provincial government official said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-JALALABAD-FIRE

(230624) -- JALALABAD, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan man carries a roll of half-burned cloth from the site of a fire in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2023. Properties and goods worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars have been burned to ashes as a hotel caught fire in Jalalabad city, a provincial government official said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-JALALABAD-FIRE

(230624) -- JALALABAD, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan shopkeepers carry half-burned commodities from the site of a fire in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2023. Properties and goods worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars have been burned to ashes as a hotel caught fire in Jalalabad city, a provincial government official said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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5 polio cases detected in Afghanistan: UNICEF

STORY: 5 polio cases detected in Afghanistan: UNICEF DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a child being diagnosed with polio STORYLINE: Afghanistan has reported five polio cases after a child under five years old was diagnosed with the crippling disease in the country's eastern Nangarhar province, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Afghanistan has confirmed. The case has been registered in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province, Kamal Shah Sayed, head of the communications department of UNICEF Polio Eradication Program in Afghanistan, told media. "The disease is feared to spread to other parts of the province and efforts were underway to check it," the official said. Four cases of the crippling virus have earlier been recorded in Kot, Bati Kot, Nazian and Behsud districts of the province. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries in the world where wild polio is still endemic. According to reports,

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Rainstorm, flash floods kill 4, injure 25 in E. Afghanistan

STORY: Rainstorm, flash floods kill 4, injure 25 in E. Afghanistan DATELINE: May 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood affected area in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy rains and flash floods killed four people and injured 25 others in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, according to a statement of the provincial government released Saturday. The destructive floods washed away or badly damaged 300 houses, the statement said, adding that thousands of acres of farmlands were also destroyed. In the meantime, heavy rains coinciding with strong winds damaged gardens and fruit trees in the northern Balkh, Samangan, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces. Afghanistan's meteorological department predicts more rains and floods in 18 out of the country's 34 provinces in the coming days. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

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Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Bakiyev speaks to Kyodo News

JALALABAD, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the suburbs of Jalalabad, southern Kyrgyzstan, on April 14, 2010.

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) is photographed with photo journalist Hironobu Kubota in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on March 28, 2010. The Japanese government said April 2 that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted.

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Memorial held for Japanese aid worker

KABUL, Afghanistan - A memorial is held for Kazuya Ito, a 31-year-old Japanese aid worker, at the Japanese Embassy in Kabul on Aug. 29. Ito was kidnapped in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 26 and was confirmed dead after his body was found the following day.

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura pays his respects to slain Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito at a hospital in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed.

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura (R in front), receives articles left by murdered Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28 in front of a coffin containing Ito's body. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed.

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Kidnapped Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese comrades and Afghan people inspect the body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, Aug. 27. Ito was confirmed dead the same day after his body was found. The 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai was abducted by an armed group of people near a village in Dara-e-Noor in a suburb of Jalalabad Aug. 26.

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Colleagues identify body found in Afghanistan as that of Ito

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto (R), a senior member of the nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai aid group, speaks to reporters in Fukuoka on Aug. 27. Fukumoto said one of the group's medical staff in Afghanistan had said a body found in Afghanistan is that of Kazuya Ito, who was abducted on Aug. 26 near Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto, a senior official with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, answers reporters' questions at the group's office in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Aug. 27. Kazuya Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the Japanese aid group, was kidnapped near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26. It is believed that Ito is being held in a mountainous region.

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

KAKEGAWA, Japan - The father and mother of Kazuya Ito, a member of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai who was abducted in Afghanistan, answer reporters' questions at their house in Kakegawa, central Japan, Aug. 26. Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the group, was abducted near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26.

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(2)Japan NGO uses picture books in education in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - A set of picture books featuring Afghan folklore made by the Shanti Volunteer Association, a Japanese non-government organization. One of them is about a man who tried to discard his aged father in mountains.

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(1)Japan NGO uses picture books in education in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Afghan children listen to Marina, 12, who reads a picture book at a library in Jalalabad, east of Kabul.

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(2)Funeral held for assassinated Afghan vice president

KABUL, Afghanistan - The coffin of Afghan Vice President and Public Works Minister Haji Abdul Qadir, who was assassinated July 6, is laid at his home in Jalalabad, Ningarhar Province on July 7. Qadir's body was buried later in the day in his family graveyard.

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(1)Funeral held for assassinated Afghan vice president

KABUL, Afghanistan - Thousands of people flock to Eidgha mosque in Kabul on July 7 to attend a funeral for Afghan Vice President and Public Works Minister Haji Abdul Qadir, who was assassinated July 6. Qadir's body was later taken to Jalalabad, Ningarhar Province for burial in his family graveyard.

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Released Japanese journalist talks by telephone to relative

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, 37, speaks to his brother-in-law in Japan by phone on Nov. 17 after being released in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The Tokyo-based freelance journalist had been detained in Jalalabad since his arrest by the Taliban on Oct. 22 on suspicion of spying for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

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(1)Pictures in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Brothers are seen riding a bicycle around a bazaar in Jalalabad, some 125 kilometers east of Kabul, on Nov. 16.

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(2)Pictures in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - An unidentified man pushes a two-wheeled cart to carry goods at a bazaar in Jalalabad on Nov. 16.

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(3)Pictures in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Members of anti-Taliban forces in Jalalabad near the Pakistani boarder celebrate the withdrawal of the Taliban from the city on Nov. 15.

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(3)Picture in Jalalabad

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Taliban soldiers offer an evening prayer in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Oct. 14.

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(1)Picture in Jalalabad

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Afghan people, carrying their belongings on a truck, evacuate from the suburbs of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, to Pakistan. The photo was taken Oct. 14.

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(2)Picture in Jalalabad

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A child in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, lies weeping on his father, who was wounded in U.S.-led air attacks. The picture was taken Oct. 14.

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Taliban say 200 civilians killed by misdirected U.S. bomb

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Photo shows the Khorum village near Jalalabad in the east of Afghanistan on Oct. 14. The same day, officials from the ruling Taliban took some foreign reporters, including one from Kyodo News, from Pakistan to the village, which was damaged by a bomb strike last week. They said up to 200 civilians may have been killed in the bomb strike, but the exact death toll was not independently confirmed.

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9 wounded as blast rocks Afghanistan's Jalalabad city

STORY: 9 wounded as blast rocks Afghanistan's Jalalabad city DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Jalalabad city STORYLINE: Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. Quoting an anonymous source, the private media outlet reported that nine injured people had been taken to the hospital for medical treatment. Security officials have yet to make a comment on the attack. This is the second blast in Afghanistan since early Tuesday. In the previous blast, which struck a bus carrying government employees in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city in the morning rush hour on Tuesday, seven people were killed and six others wounded, the police said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-BLAST

(221207) -- NANGARHAR, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market here on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-BLAST

(221207) -- NANGARHAR, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market here on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Afghan law enforcement agencies seize weapons, detaining 4 in Nangarhar province

STORY: Afghan law enforcement agencies seize weapons, detaining 4 in Nangarhar province DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the seized weapons 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MAWLAWI MOHAMMAD ALLAH EDRIS, Provincial head of General Directorate for Intelligence, Nangarhar province 3. various of the weapons STORYLINE: The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. The weapons were found in provincial capital Jalalabad, and in the districts of Khogiani and Surkhrod. The four people had been taken into custody for investigations, the official added. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MAWLAWI MOHAMMAD ALLAH EDRIS, Provincial head of General Directorate for Intelligence, Nangarhar province "The personnel of the special units

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS

(220922) -- JALALABAD, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows the weapons seized by Afghan law enforcement agencies in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS

(220922) -- JALALABAD, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man checks a weapon seized by Afghan law enforcement agencies in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2022. The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Earthquake kills 6, injures 9 in Afghanistan's Kunar province

STORY: Earthquake kills 6, injures 9 in Afghanistan's Kunar province DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of destroyed areas by the earthquake in Kunar province and local residents STORYLINE: At least six people were killed and nine others injured as an earthquake struck eastern Kunar province early on Monday, provincial head of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Ehsanullah Ehsan said. "The tremor jolted the region at around 02:30 a.m. local time and based on preliminary reports, six persons were killed and nine others injured in Mazar Dara area of Norgal district," Ehsan told reporters. Scores of houses were destroyed by the quake in the mountainous province, the official said, adding a survey has been launched to determine the exact figure of loss of life and property damages. The epicenter of the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3, according to reports, was 38 km northeast of Jalalabad city, capital of neighboring Nangar

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-U.S. WITHDRAWAL

(220831) -- KABUL, Aug. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People march on the occasion of the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal, in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2022. The Taliban-run caretaker administration has called upon the world community not to pressure the new establishment in Afghanistan but adopt a reasonable policy towards it. The administration "once again" calls upon the international community to "adopt a reasonable policy towards Afghanistan and respect the country's freedom and territorial integrity," said a statement of the administration on the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal here on Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-U.S. WITHDRAWAL

(220831) -- KABUL, Aug. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People march on the occasion of the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal, in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2022. The Taliban-run caretaker administration has called upon the world community not to pressure the new establishment in Afghanistan but adopt a reasonable policy towards it. The administration "once again" calls upon the international community to "adopt a reasonable policy towards Afghanistan and respect the country's freedom and territorial integrity," said a statement of the administration on the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal here on Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-U.S. WITHDRAWAL

(220831) -- KABUL, Aug. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People march on the occasion of the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal, in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2022. The Taliban-run caretaker administration has called upon the world community not to pressure the new establishment in Afghanistan but adopt a reasonable policy towards it. The administration "once again" calls upon the international community to "adopt a reasonable policy towards Afghanistan and respect the country's freedom and territorial integrity," said a statement of the administration on the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal here on Wednesday. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-U.S. WITHDRAWAL

(220831) -- KABUL, Aug. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People march on the occasion of the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal, in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2022. The Taliban-run caretaker administration has called upon the world community not to pressure the new establishment in Afghanistan but adopt a reasonable policy towards it. The administration "once again" calls upon the international community to "adopt a reasonable policy towards Afghanistan and respect the country's freedom and territorial integrity," said a statement of the administration on the first anniversary of the U.S. forces' withdrawal here on Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Flash floods kill 8, injure 6 in eastern Afghanistan

STORY: Flash floods kill 8, injure 6 in eastern Afghanistan DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-hit area and local residents in Nangarhar province STORYLINE: At least eight people were killed and six others injured on Monday as a result of heavy rains and flash floods in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, said a local official. Floods swept through Sheikh Musri locality and its vicinity outside the provincial capital Jalalabad. Four of the victims are children who lost their lives after the roof of their house caved in due to heavy rains, said Qari Saifullah, provincial director of natural disaster and humanitarian affairs. Dozens of residential houses have either been washed away or badly damaged due to the flooding, which also left six people injured, the official added. Torrential rains and flash floods, according to officials, claimed 17 lives in eastern province of Parwan on Sunday. Xinhua News Age