400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province

STORY: 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distribution site in western Nimroz province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 400 families in the western Nimroz province on Thursday, Mawlawi Sediqullah Nasrtat, the provincial director for refugees and repatriation affairs, said Friday. "We distributed China-donated humanitarian assistance to 400 poor families here in provincial capital Zaranj city yesterday afternoon and each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat," Nasrat told Xinhua. The assistance was distributed in the presence of Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the official said. China has provided foodstuff to nearly 1,800 families in Nimroz and neighboring Herat provinces over the past two months, officials said.

Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes

STORY: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the university campus and the female students in class 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SHAGOFA MOHAMMADI, Student of Mustaqbal Pohanton University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NAJIBULLAH NASRAT, Vice chancellor of Mustaqbal Pohanton University STORYLINE: At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. "Learning and education are the tools for the country's development," said student Shagofa Mohammadi. "I am very happy that the universities have reopened." Mohammadi studies Sharia Law. Sitting among more than two dozen female students, she said that it was natural for everyone to want an education. Mohammadi is concerned by a shortage of female lecturers, and some of the classes are taught by male teachers