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56 families in north Afghanistan receive China's aid

STORY: 56 families in north Afghanistan receive China's aid SHOOTING TIME: April 6, 2024 DATELINE: April 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the distribution of China's aid 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): SID HAKIM, Aid recipient 3. various of the distribution of China's aid STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 56 families in the northern Jawzjan province, Mawlawi Sirajuddin Siraji, provincial director for natural disaster management and humanitarian affairs, said Saturday. "We distributed China-donated humanitarian assistance to 56 families who were affected by recent floods and snowfall," Siraji said. The aid packages, including wheat, beans, blankets and clothes, were distributed by authorities in the provincial capital of Shiberghan on Saturday afternoon, the official added. SOUNDBITE (Dari): SID HAKIM, Aid recipient "In such a critical situation, the aid is very important for us. My house got damag

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-FARMLAND

(240331) -- JAWZJAN, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers work on the farmland in Shiberghan, north Afghanistan's Jawzjan Province, March 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Authorities' support encourages Afghan farmers to replace poppy with legal crops" (Photo by Ahmad Zubair/Xinhua)

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Residents of northern Afghan provinces shelter themselves from extreme summer weather

STORY: Residents of northern Afghan provinces shelter themselves from extreme summer weather DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people playing in the valleys and waterfall in Sarpol province 2. various of swimming pools and people from Jawzjan province STORYLINE: The air temperature in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan Province is expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, and the temperature, according to the weather broadcast, will reach 46 degrees Celsius by Thursday. People from Jawzjan are sheltering themselves from such extreme weather in the valleys, ponds and waterfalls. Residents of many northern Afghan provinces, such as Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, and Sarpul, are coming to the summer resorts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shiberghan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

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47 families in N. Afghanistan receive China's aid

STORY: 47 families in N. Afghanistan receive China's aid DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated aid 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): AHMAD ZAHIR, Recipient STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 47 needy families in the northern Jawzjan province on Saturday, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Sirajuddin Siraji said Sunday. The aid packages including rice, tents and winter clothes were distributed by authorities in the provincial capital Shiberghan city on Saturday afternoon, the official said. SOUNDBITE (Dari): AHMAD ZAHIR, Recipient "I am thankful to China for sending us the aid so that we will not suffer from hunger." China has earlier provided foodstuff including rice and wheat to more than 800 destitute families in central Bamyan and western Nimroz provinces over the past month. China has provided COVID-19 vaccines,

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Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in northern province

STORY: Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in northern province DATELINE: March 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discovered weapon cache of Islamic State (IS) in Shiberghan STORYLINE: The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the security forces raided a house in Sakhi Abad village of Shiberghan on Saturday and discovered a variety of arms and ammunition, including a suicide vest, hand grenades and objects used in making mines and explosive devices, Shah Mohammad Ahmadi said. The official didn't say whether anyone had been arrested. However, the police chief claimed that the IS-affiliated militants were planning to launch subversive activities but their plot had been foiled. In similar operations, the Afghan security forces

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(4)Ancient 'Bactrian gold' found in Kabul presidential palace

KABUL, Afghanistan - File photo shows the remains of an ancient burial site in the suburbs of Shiberghan, northern Afghanistan, where an ancient Afghan treasure was discovered in 1979. The treasury known as ''Bactrian gold'' was temporarily housed in the Kabul Museum, but later disappeared. Local authorities said June 16 they have found the treasury preserved in an underground vault at the presidential palace in Kabul.

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Taliban reveals burial site of late co-founder Mullah Omar in S. Afghanistan

STORY: Taliban reveals burial site of late co-founder Mullah Omar in S. Afghanistan DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the burial site of Taliban co-founder Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid in Afghansitan's southern Zabul province STORYLINE: The burial site of Taliban co-founder Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid has been disclosed in Afghansitan's southern Zabul province, chief spokesman of Afghanistan's Taliban-run caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid has said. "The tomb of late Amirul Mominen (Supreme leader) Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid was revealed to public at a ceremony attended by ranking officials in Omarzo area of Suri district, Zabul province, on Sunday," Mujahid tweeted. Acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund and other cabinet members attended the ceremony, according to Mujahid. After his hierarchy was dethroned from power following the U.S.-led military invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, Omar wen

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Cooking oil, cotton processing plant launched in S. Afghanistan

STORY: Cooking oil, cotton processing plant launched in S. Afghanistan DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cooking oil and cotton processing factory in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province STORYLINE: A cooking oil and cotton processing factory has been inaugurated in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday. Built within six months, the 500,000-U.S. dollar plant has provided job opportunities for 100 people directly, according to the deputy head of the factory Mohammad Halim Amini. A total of 35 out of 120 damaged plants have resumed production in the former poppy-growing Helmand province since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the news agency added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shiberghan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

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Improved seeds, fertilizer distributed among farmers in N. Afghanistan

STORY: Improved seeds, fertilizer distributed among farmers in N. Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan farmers receiving distributed improved seeds and fertilizer in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QARI ABADULLAH ANSAR, Head of agriculture, irrigation and livestock in Jawzjan province 3. various of Afghan farmers receiving distributed improved seeds and fertilizer in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Uzbek): GUL AGHA, Local farmer 5. various of Afghan farmers receiving distributed improved seeds and fertilizer in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province STORYLINE: Afghan provincial administration distributed improved seeds and fertilizer to nearly 16,000 farmers in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday, provincial head for agriculture, irrigation and livestock Qari Abadullah Ansar said. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): QARI ABADULLAH ANSAR, He

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CHINA AID

(221006) -- JAWZJAN, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan receives China-donated humanitarian assistance in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2022. A total of 440 families received China-donated humanitarian assistance in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Wednesday. (Photo by Zekullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CHINA AID

(221006) -- JAWZJAN, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan receives China-donated humanitarian assistance in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2022. A total of 440 families received China-donated humanitarian assistance in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Wednesday. (Photo by Zekullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CHINA AID

(221006) -- JAWZJAN, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghans receive China-donated humanitarian assistance in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2022. A total of 440 families received China-donated humanitarian assistance in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Wednesday. (Photo by Zekullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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440 families receive Chinese humanitarian aid in north Afghanistan

STORY: 440 families receive Chinese humanitarian aid in north Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distributed in Jawzjan province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SARAJUDIN SARAJI, Provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL BASHIR, Resident of Jawzjan province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): SHAFA KHAN, Resident of Jawzjan province STORYLINE: A total of 440 families received China-donated humanitarian assistance in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Wednesday. Before the distribution, Mawlawi Sarajudin Saraji, provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, thanked China for its assistance and said that the package to each family included 25 kilograms of rice. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SARAJUDIN SARAJI, Provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs "Today (Wedne

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Needy families receive China-donated assistance in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: Needy families receive China-donated assistance in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the humanitarian assistance 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL MATIN MURADIANI, Aid receiver 3. various of people receiving aids STORYLINE: A total of 75 families who lost their houses in a recent fire in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province have received China-donated humanitarian assistance including rice and blankets. People receiving the aid have expressed their gratitude. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL MATIN MURADIANI, Aid receiver "The assistance sent by China is helpful to maintain our daily life. We are poor, but we feel relieved now with the aid." More than 120 families were affected by the fire that burned their houses to ashes in Bala Mardian Village of Faizabad district some three weeks ago. The fire, which started on Aug. 8, engulfed all over Bala Mardian village, leaving several hundred families displaced.

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Fire displaces 800 families in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: Fire displaces 800 families in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of houses burned by fire in Jawzjan province STORYLINE: Up to 800 families have been displaced by a natural fire that erupted in Bala Mardian village of Faizabad district in the northern Jawzjan province days ago, a local police officer confirmed Wednesday. The displaced families have left for Jawzjan provincial capital Shiberghan city and the neighboring Balkh province, Abdul Sattar Halimi, provincial police spokesman, told reporters. "The fire, which started on Aug. 8, has engulfed all over Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district, with five to six houses completely or partially burnt each day, and 120 residential houses have been burned to ashes," the officer said. Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district of the province has been severely damaged by the fire, which is yet to be controlled. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

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50 houses turn to ashes in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: 50 houses turn to ashes in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the burned houses and burning houses in Jawzjan province STORYLINE: At least 50 residential houses have been burned to ashes by natural fire in the northern province of Jawzjan since Monday, provincial police chief Damullah Serajuddin Ahmadi said Wednesday. It is a natural fire that erupted on Monday, which has destroyed at least 50 houses, many of them turned to ashes, the official added. The natural incident has badly damaged Bala Mardian village in Faizabad district, the official went on to say. Confirming the incident, provincial head of Work and Social Affairs, Qari Nurullah Masafir who is from Bala Mardian village, told Xinhua that the natural fire burned the houses horrifyingly. The houses, where the people used to live in the affected area, were mostly made up of mud and wood. The reason for the fire

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Up to 4,000 people affected with cholera in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

STORY: Up to 4,000 people affected with cholera in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Jawzjan province STORYLINE: As many as 4,000 people have been affected with cholera in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, a hospital official said Thursday. "1,000 people were affected with cholera in Aqcha district, while 3,000 other were infected with the disease in Shiberghan, the capital city of the province, in less than few weeks," Ghawsuddin Anwari, a senior official for the provincial public hospital, told Xinhua. According to the official, despite the rapid outbreak of the disease, no death has so far been registered in the province, but the cases are remarkably on the rise. Most of the patients are from Aqcha district, where there was a lack of access to clean water. Health officials in the province said an equipped 100-bed hospital has been dedicated for the cholera

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CAR ACCIDENT

(220518) -- SHIBERGHAN, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An injured man receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Shiberghan city, the capital of Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2022. Five people were killed and 28 others injured as a truck overturned in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province Tuesday night, a local source said on Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CAR ACCIDENT

(220518) -- SHIBERGHAN, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An injured man receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Shiberghan city, the capital of Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2022. Five people were killed and 28 others injured as a truck overturned in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province Tuesday night, a local source said on Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-WEAPON CACHE-DISCOVERED

(220421) -- SHIBERGHAN, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Security forces in Afghanistan have discovered a weapon cache in Khaniqa district of the northern Jawzjan province, a senior police officer Mullah Mohammad Dindost said Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-WEAPON CACHE-DISCOVERED

(220421) -- SHIBERGHAN, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Security forces in Afghanistan have discovered a weapon cache in Khaniqa district of the northern Jawzjan province, a senior police officer Mullah Mohammad Dindost said Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-WEAPON CACHE-DISCOVERED

(220421) -- SHIBERGHAN, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Security forces in Afghanistan have discovered a weapon cache in Khaniqa district of the northern Jawzjan province, a senior police officer Mullah Mohammad Dindost said Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-WEAPON CACHE-DISCOVERED

(220421) -- SHIBERGHAN, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Security forces in Afghanistan have discovered a weapon cache in Khaniqa district of the northern Jawzjan province, a senior police officer Mullah Mohammad Dindost said Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-WEAPON CACHE-DISCOVERED

(220421) -- SHIBERGHAN, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Security forces in Afghanistan have discovered a weapon cache in Khaniqa district of the northern Jawzjan province, a senior police officer Mullah Mohammad Dindost said Wednesday. (Photo by Ashmat/Xinhua)

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AFGHANIST-SHIBERGHAN-GIRL SCHOOL

(220227) -- SHIBERGHAN, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows a classroom of a school for girls in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. TO GO WITH "Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flanged district" (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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AFGHANIST-SHIBERGHAN-GIRL SCHOOL

(220227) -- SHIBERGHAN, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows the construction site of a school for girls in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. TO GO WITH "Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flanged district" (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Trucks carrying assistance donated by an aid agency are seen in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wait to receive assistance donated by an aid agency in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan man receives assistance donated by an aid agency in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-SHIBERGHAN-TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

(220104) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man injured in a traffic accident is treated at a local hospital in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 4, 2022. At least seven Afghans died and 26 were injured in multiple traffic accidents on Monday amid turbulent traffic conditions after heavy snowfall in the Asian country, local officials said on Tuesday. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CHINESE AID-DISTRIBUTION

(220102) -- SHIBERGHAN, Jan. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man receives Chinese aid in Shiberghan, capital of Afghanistan's Jawzjan Province, Jan. 1, 2022. Authorities in Jawzjan province began distribution of Chinese aid to 500 destitute families on Saturday, said Abdul Qayum Nazari, head of the refugee and repatriation affairs in the province. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-CHINESE AID-DISTRIBUTION

(220102) -- SHIBERGHAN, Jan. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man receives Chinese aid in Shiberghan, capital of Afghanistan's Jawzjan Province, Jan. 1, 2022. Authorities in Jawzjan province began distribution of Chinese aid to 500 destitute families on Saturday, said Abdul Qayum Nazari, head of the refugee and repatriation affairs in the province. (Str/Xinhua)

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(4)Ancient 'Bactrian gold' found in Kabul presidential palace

KABUL, Afghanistan - File photo shows the remains of an ancient burial site in the suburbs of Shiberghan, northern Afghanistan, where an ancient Afghan treasure was discovered in 1979. The treasury known as ''Bactrian gold'' was temporarily housed in the Kabul Museum, but later disappeared. Local authorities said June 16 they have found the treasury preserved in an underground vault at the presidential palace in Kabul. (Kyodo)