Needy families receive China-donated assistance in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: Needy families receive China-donated assistance in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the humanitarian assistance 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL MATIN MURADIANI, Aid receiver 3. various of people receiving aids STORYLINE: A total of 75 families who lost their houses in a recent fire in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province have received China-donated humanitarian assistance including rice and blankets. People receiving the aid have expressed their gratitude. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL MATIN MURADIANI, Aid receiver "The assistance sent by China is helpful to maintain our daily life. We are poor, but we feel relieved now with the aid." More than 120 families were affected by the fire that burned their houses to ashes in Bala Mardian Village of Faizabad district some three weeks ago. The fire, which started on Aug. 8, engulfed all over Bala Mardian village, leaving several hundred families displaced.

AFGANISTAN-JWAZJAN-DISPLACED FAMILIES

AFGANISTAN-JWAZJAN-DISPLACED FAMILIES

(220819) -- JAWZJAN, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows the belongings of a displaced family in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Up to 800 families have been displaced by a natural fire that erupted in Bala Mardian village of Faizabad district in the northern Jawzjan province days ago, a local police officer confirmed Wednesday. (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

Fire displaces 800 families in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: Fire displaces 800 families in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of houses burned by fire in Jawzjan province STORYLINE: Up to 800 families have been displaced by a natural fire that erupted in Bala Mardian village of Faizabad district in the northern Jawzjan province days ago, a local police officer confirmed Wednesday. The displaced families have left for Jawzjan provincial capital Shiberghan city and the neighboring Balkh province, Abdul Sattar Halimi, provincial police spokesman, told reporters. "The fire, which started on Aug. 8, has engulfed all over Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district, with five to six houses completely or partially burnt each day, and 120 residential houses have been burned to ashes," the officer said. Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district of the province has been severely damaged by the fire, which is yet to be controlled. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

50 houses turn to ashes in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: 50 houses turn to ashes in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the burned houses and burning houses in Jawzjan province STORYLINE: At least 50 residential houses have been burned to ashes by natural fire in the northern province of Jawzjan since Monday, provincial police chief Damullah Serajuddin Ahmadi said Wednesday. It is a natural fire that erupted on Monday, which has destroyed at least 50 houses, many of them turned to ashes, the official added. The natural incident has badly damaged Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district, the official went on to say. Confirming the incident, provincial head of Work and Social Affairs, Qari Nurullah Masafir who is from Bala Mardian village, told Xinhua that the natural fire burned the houses horrifyingly. The houses, where the people used to live in the affected area, were mostly made up of mud and wood. The reason for the fire