Pakistani expert condemns U.S. decision to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine

STORY: Pakistani expert condemns U.S. decision to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cluster bombs 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAID NAZIR MOHMAND, Defense analyst at Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad 3. various of cluster bombs 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAID NAZIR MOHMAND, Defense analyst at Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad STORYLINE: A Pakistani defense expert has condemned the U.S. decision to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine and especially warned of its potentially catastrophic consequences. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAID NAZIR MOHMAND, Defense analyst at Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad "The cluster ammunition is banned around the world, almost more than 100 countries have signed the (Anti-) Cluster Bomb Treaty. It (the U.S. decision) is a double standard, which means on the one hand, you are condemning it, and they say it is a war crime. And the second thing, you are providing the a

Afghans welcome flight resumption between Afghanistan, China

STORY: Afghans welcome flight resumption between Afghanistan, China DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flight from Kabul to Urumqi at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD YOUNUS MOHMAND, Head of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment 3. various shots of Kabul International Airport in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): GHULAM JILANI WAFA, Deputy head of Afghanistan's Ministry of Transport and Aviation STORYLINE: A direct flight route linking Afghanistan and China resumed on Wednesday, following three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flights between the Afghan capital Kabul and the Chinese city of Urumqi were operated by Afghan flag carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines. The passenger air services operate once in a week on Wednesday and return to Kabul on the same day. The flights are expected to enhance trade and economic relations between the

Chinese company donates supplies to flood-affected people in NW Pakistan

STORY: Chinese company donates supplies to flood-affected people in NW Pakistan DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the relief materials 2. various of flood-hit areas in Pakistan STORYLINE: China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd. (CGGC), the constructor of the Mohmand Dam Project in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, donated relief materials of over 700,000 Pakistani rupees (about 2,942 U.S. dollars) to local villagers affected by floods. The relief materials included rice, flour, cooking oil, and bottled water. The supplies were jointly donated by the Chinese and Pakistani employees of the company and handed over to local government and charity organizations. More than a dozen villages in the province were flooded by swollen rivers following heavy rainfalls. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the total death toll in Pakistan from this season's monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to a

Afghanistan's export exceeds 400 mln USD in 3 months

STORY: Afghanistan's export exceeds 400 mln USD in 3 months DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks transporting coal STORYLINE: The volume of Afghan exports has exceeded 400 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of the solar year of 1401 on the Persian calendar beginning March 21, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Tolonews quoted Mohammad Yonus Mohmand, chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, as saying that the country exported nearly 19,000 tons of fresh fruits and about 1.8 million tons of coal worth more than 400 million dollars over the period. Afghanistan's major exports composed of fresh and dry fruits are mostly exported to India and Pakistan, and coal utterly to Pakistan. Afghanistan has been making efforts to increase its exports to central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan's export reached more than 1 billion dollars in the solar y