Downpours, floods add to suffering of impoverished Afghans

STORY: Downpours, floods add to suffering of impoverished Afghans SHOOTING TIME: April 18, 2024 DATELINE: April 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:28 LOCATION: PARWAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Parwan Province, east Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QAND AGHA, Resident of Parwan Province 3. various of the flood-affected area in Parwan Province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): MOHIBULLAH, Resident of Parwan Province 5. various of the flood-affected area in Parwan Province 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): GUL LALA, Resident of Parwan Province 7. various of the flood-affected area in Parwan Province STORYLINE: Standing inside his destroyed mud house and thinking about how to cope with the problems arising out of the destructive flood, the impoverished Qand Agha lamented that rebuilding his house requires at least 600,000 afghanis (about 8,333 U.S. dollars) which he does not have. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QAND AGHA, Resident of Parwan Province "My house has been destroyed, and people know th

Flash flood kills 1, injures 10 in Afghanistan's Takhar province

STORY: Flash flood kills 1, injures 10 in Afghanistan's Takhar province DATELINE: April 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: TALUQAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Takhar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy rains and a flash flood killed one person and injured 10 others in the Bangi district of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Tuesday, the provincial director for information and culture Qari Mohibullah Nikzad said Wednesday. Scores of houses and thousands of acres of farmlands have been damaged or destroyed due to the floods, the official said. In the meantime, locals said rainstorms and flash floods have utterly destroyed and damaged hundreds of houses in neighboring Chal and Ashkamish districts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Taluqan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

(230406) -- TAKHAR, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man clears the debris at a flood-affected area in Takhar province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2023. Heavy rains and a flash flood killed one person and injured 10 others in the Bangi district of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Tuesday, the provincial director for information and culture Qari Mohibullah Nikzad said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

(230406) -- TAKHAR, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child is seen at a flood-affected area in Takhar province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2023. Heavy rains and a flash flood killed one person and injured 10 others in the Bangi district of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Tuesday, the provincial director for information and culture Qari Mohibullah Nikzad said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

AFGHANISTAN-TAKHAR-FLASH FLOOD

(230406) -- TAKHAR, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Takhar province, Afghanistan. Heavy rains and a flash flood killed one person and injured 10 others in the Bangi district of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Tuesday, the provincial director for information and culture Qari Mohibullah Nikzad said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)