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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-POTTERY

(240210) -- LAGHMAN, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan worker makes pots at a pottery factory in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2024. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-POTTERY

(240210) -- LAGHMAN, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan worker makes pots at a pottery factory in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2024. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-POTTERY

(240210) -- LAGHMAN, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Pottery pots are seen at a pottery factory in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2024. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-POTTERY

(240210) -- LAGHMAN, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan worker makes pots at a pottery factory in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2024. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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6.4-magnitude earthquake shocks Afghanistan, no immediate reports of casualties

STORY: 6.4-magnitude earthquake shocks Afghanistan, no immediate reports of casualties SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Faizabad city, the capital of Badakhshan province STORYLINE: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted north Afghanistan on Thursday with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. With the epicenter being in Jurm district of the northern Badakhshan province, the tremor took place at 01:57 p.m. local time. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the quake, with a depth of 206.6 km, was initially determined to be at 36.51 degrees north latitude and 70.60 degrees east longitude. The earthquake was also felt in Badakhshan's neighboring Takhar, Kunduz, Balkh, Baghlan and Samangan provinces as well as the eastern Laghman and Nangarhar provinces. In Afghanistan's capital city Kabul, local residents, feeling the tremors, rushed into the streets to escape the possibl

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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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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-ANTI-POLIO-VACCINATION

(230709) -- NANGARHAR, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A health worker gives a dose of polio vaccine to a child during an anti-polio campaign in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, July 9, 2023. Afghan health authorities launched an anti-polio campaign in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces on Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-ANTI-POLIO-VACCINATION

(230709) -- NANGARHAR, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A health worker gives a dose of polio vaccine to a child during an anti-polio campaign in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, July 9, 2023. Afghan health authorities launched an anti-polio campaign in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces on Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-ANTI-POLIO-VACCINATION

(230709) -- NANGARHAR, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A health worker gives a dose of polio vaccine to a child during an anti-polio campaign in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, July 9, 2023. Afghan health authorities launched an anti-polio campaign in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces on Saturday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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7 people killed in roof collapse in east Afghanistan

STORY: 7 people killed in roof collapse in east Afghanistan DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a collapsed house in Alishing district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, said Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. According to the official, the deadly incident took place at 2 a.m. local time Friday in Alishing district when the roof of a mud house collapsed and killed seven members of the ill-fated family. Five children, along with their parents, were killed. Only an eight-year-old girl survived but was in critical condition, the official further said. In war-torn Afghanistan, especially in rural areas, residential houses are mostly built of mud, which is prone to natural disasters and easily gutted in rainstorms and flash floods. Xinh

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-ROOF COLLAPSE

(230408) -- LAGHMAN, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local people gather near a collapsed mud house in Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan, April 7, 2023. Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-ROOF COLLAPSE

(230408) -- LAGHMAN, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local people gather near a collapsed mud house in Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan, April 7, 2023. Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Strong earthquake kills 4, injures 80 in Afghanistan

STORY: Strong earthquake kills 4, injures 80 in Afghanistan DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of damaged and destroyed houses in Badakhshan Province and Laghman Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. "Latest reports that we have collected indicate four dead and 80 others injured," Amar told Xinhua. Without providing more details, the official added that the number of casualties could go up as collecting information from provinces continued. Abidullah Alkozai, head of the Natural Disaster Management Authority in the eastern Laghman province, confirmed that two people including a child were killed and 20 others injured in the province on Tuesday night. A total of 167 houses had been damaged or destroyed due to the quake in Laghman province

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People check a damaged house after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child stands on the rubble of damaged houses after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child stands on the rubble of damaged houses after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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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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Afghan cadets commissioned to police in E. Afghanistan

STORY: Afghan cadets commissioned to police in E. Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the commencement of young Afghan police in Eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province STORYLINE: A total of 446 young Afghans have been commissioned to the National Police Force after completing a training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, commander of the training center Qari Rahmatullah said Wednesday. During the six-week training course, the new policemen learned how to behave with the people, how and when to use weapons and how to enforce law and order in society, the official said, adding the newly graduated police personnel would be deployed in the eastern Nangarhar and neighboring Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces. More than 50,000 policemen have graduated from the country's 10 police training centers since the establishment of the Taliban-run caretaker government in August last year, Amin Jan Fatehullah from the Interior Mi

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-AGRICULTURAL PROJECT

(220416) -- LAGHMAN, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 14, 2022 shows Ziton desert in Laghman province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2022. The Taliban-run administration has inaugurated a major agricultural project to cover 20,000 hectares of land in the eastern Laghman province, provincial governor Zainul Abidin Madani said Friday. TO GO WITH: Afghan gov't inaugurates major agro project in eastern Laghman province (Photo by Hamidullah/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-ROOF-COLLAPSE

(220109) -- MEHTARLAM, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged house is seen at Camp Baba, outskirts of Mehtarlam city, capital of Laghman province, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2022. A five-year-old child was killed and five people injured in a rainfall-related incident in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman Friday night, a local source confirmed Saturday. The house roof was badly soaked by the recent heavy rainfalls that ultimately wrecked and caused the tragic incident. (Str/Xinhua)