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

AFGHANISTAN-FARYAB-FLOOD

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)

AFGHANISTAN-FARYAB-FLOOD

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)

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

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

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)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

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)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

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)