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.

Cash cows, Afghanistan's dairy farmers struggle to meet demand

STORY: Cash cows, Afghanistan's dairy farmers struggle to meet demand DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the dairy plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): KHALID KHAN NIAMAT, Managing Director of Khatiz Labaniat 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MOHSEN KHAN, Cattle owner 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): SEDIQULLAH, Worker of Khatiz Labaniat STORYLINE: Khatiz Labaniat (Eastern Dairy) is the only dairy plant in Afghanistan's eastern region. The factory collects milk from 1,500 villagers living around Jalalabad and can process 5,000 liters of milk per day. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): KHALID KHAN NIAMAT, Managing director of Khatiz Labaniat "The demand for our products has never been higher and the milk supply is not enough to meet it. Unfortunately due to a shortage of milk and dairy farm, our dairy plant can't meet the demand of the market. We have 20 persons directly employed here, but as many as 3,000 people work in the supply chain. Since things becam