Xinhua Headlines: Two years on, Afghanistan still beset with U.S.-inflicted war traumas

Xinhua Headlines: Two years on, Afghanistan still beset with U.S.-inflicted war traumas

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago

STORY: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:37 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 4. various of survivors 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NASIR AHMAD, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): MAHIDIN KHAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack STORYLINE: Bibi Jan is an Afghan woman who lives in the Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City, west Afghanistan. She still remembers the horrific day in 2001 when the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs on her poor village. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack "It was 2:30 p.m. of the day, second Aqrab (Oct. 24 on the Persian calendar), oh God, it haunts me even at night whenever I remember. I was alive, although my head was bleeding." Jan's daughter was badly injured and her d

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows villagers walking in Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager, who survived the U.S. cluster bomb attack in 2001, shows scars on his back in Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City in west Afghanistan's Herat province, July 15, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a house damaged by U.S. cluster bombs in 2001, in Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City in west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)