272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul

STORY: 272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of internally displaced persons STORYLINE: A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. With the help provided under a coordinated program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office and the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs, the IDPs were sent back to their homes in Ghazni, Bamyan, Daikundi and Wardak provinces. According to the deputy minister, each family was offered up to 200 U.S. dollars by the UNHCR for returning to their homes. According to officials with the ministry for refugees and repatriation affairs, those returning to their homes would get help from local aid agencies. Up to 6,000 displaced families resid

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(220725) -- KABUL, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be sent back to their home provinces are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2022. A total of 272 IDPs were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

(220725) -- KABUL, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be sent back to their home provinces are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2022. A total of 272 IDPs were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

(220725) -- KABUL, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be sent back to their home provinces are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2022. A total of 272 IDPs were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

AFGHNISTAN-KABUL-IDPS-RETURNING HOME

(220725) -- KABUL, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be sent back to their home provinces are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2022. A total of 272 IDPs were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Fresh batch of food aid from China distributed in Afghanistan

STORY: Fresh batch of food aid from China distributed in Afghanistan DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the distribution ceremony held in Kabul STORYLINE: A fifth batch of food aid from China was distributed on Friday in Afghanistan amid a humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country, which is suffering from an economic meltdown. A distribution ceremony was held in the Afghan capital Kabul, attended by Afghan acting deputy minister of refugees and repatriation affairs of the caretaker government Arsala Kharoti and Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan Hu Guo'ai. The 600 tonnes of rice distributed this time is the fifth batch of food aid under the emergency humanitarian assistance from China. Kharoti expressed gratitude to China for the humanitarian assistance, saying that China had provided packages of assistance including food and clothes in the past, which have been distributed to needy Afghans.