AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

(240128) -- KABUL, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children play with snow in the Paghman District of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Jan. 28, 2024. Kabul welcomed its first snowfall of this winter on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

(240128) -- KABUL, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows the snow scenery in the Paghman District of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Kabul welcomed its first snowfall of this winter on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-WINTER-FIRST SNOW

(240128) -- KABUL, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children play with snow in the Paghman District of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Jan. 28, 2024. Kabul welcomed its first snowfall of this winter on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan

STORY: Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Wardak province, Afghanistan 2. various of muddy street 3. various of damaged houses STORYLINE: The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority on Sunday. "A total of 26 people were killed, 44 others injured, and 36 more people went missing in rainstorms and flooding that swept through parts of eastern Wardak province late Saturday," Rahimi told reporters. Rahimi confirmed that the rainstorms and flash floods had also claimed four lives in the Paghman district outside Kabul and another in the eastern Khost province over the past three days. At least 250 cattle have been killed, 400 houses were partially or utterly destroyed, and dozens of acres of land were subme

Kidnapper killed, hostage rescued in Afghanistan's Kabul

STORY: Kidnapper killed, hostage rescued in Afghanistan's Kabul DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of clearance operations in Kabul STORYLINE: One kidnapper was killed and four others arrested after intelligence personnel of the Afghan caretaker government busted a group on the western outskirts of the capital Kabul, the government confirmed on Monday. "The Kabul department of General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) rescued Abdul Ghafar from the kidnappers in Qargha area of Paghman district in a special operation on Monday," the government said in a statement. The statement came as security forces have arrested nine kidnappers, six Islamic State (IS) militants and 35 robbers, and seized a huge amount of weapons and ammunition in clearance operations in Kabul and surrounding provinces since Friday, according to government sources. The Taliban-run administration has vowed to crack down on outlaws to ensure law and order in war-torn Afgh