Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

19 pct children engaged in child labor in Afghanistan: OCHA

STORY: 19 pct children engaged in child labor in Afghanistan: OCHA SHOOTING DATE: June 12, 2024 DATELINE: June 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children working in a brick factory 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): FOLAD, Afghan child 3. various of children working in a brick factory STORYLINE: Nineteen percent of children are engaged in child labor in Afghanistan, the Afghanistan office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Wednesday. "The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is trying to prevent child labor and support their families. The ministry has activated training centers for orphaned children and has provided vocational training along with other assistance to the children," local media outlet TOLOnews quoted the ministry's spokesperson Samiullah Rahimi as saying on Wednesday. Folad is an Afghan child working at a brick factory in Dehsabz district of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): F

E

Afghanistan expects to harvest 50 tonnes of saffron this year

STORY: Afghanistan expects to harvest 50 tonnes of saffron this year SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people working in a saffron factory in Herat, Afghanistan 2. various of the street views in Herat STORYLINE: Saffron cultivation has seen a rise in Afghanistan, with the war-torn country anticipating a harvest of approximately 50 tonnes of the valuable plant this year, the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said. Saffron, locally known as red gold, has been cultivated in 26 out of the country's 34 provinces, with nearly 90 percent harvested in the western Herat province, local television channel TOLOnews reported on Saturday. Afghanistan's saffron stands out for its exceptional quality and flavor, consistently earning the top position in a global competition hosted by the International Taste Institute based in Belgium for the ninth consecutive year, Sadr Azam Osmani,

E

Iron-smelting plant opened in Kabul

STORY: Iron-smelting plant opened in Kabul SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the iron-smelting plant STORYLINE: An iron-smelting plant has been opened in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as part of efforts to get the war-torn country towards achieving self-sufficiency, local television TOLOnews reported on Monday. "The opening of the iron-smelting factory is important for the economic growth and development of the country," the private media outlet quoted Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy prime minister on economic affairs, as saying. Baradar also noted that the administration would continue to support the investment in Afghanistan as part of efforts to stand on its feet. Earlier, Nooruddin Azizi, acting minister of industry and commerce, stated that the country had achieved self-sufficiency in 134 domestic products and semi-self-sufficiency in another 100 items. Xinhua News Agenc

E

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-IRON-SMELTING PLANT

(240326) -- KABUL, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 26, 2024 shows a newly-opened iron-smelting plant in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. An iron-smelting plant has been opened in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as part of efforts to get the war-torn country towards achieving self-sufficiency, local television TOLOnews reported on Monday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

E

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-IRON-SMELTING PLANT

(240326) -- KABUL, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works at a newly-opened iron-smelting plant in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, March 26, 2024. An iron-smelting plant has been opened in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as part of efforts to get the war-torn country towards achieving self-sufficiency, local television TOLOnews reported on Monday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

E

Climate change deprives 21 mln Afghans of access to clean water: official

STORY: Climate change deprives 21 mln Afghans of access to clean water: official SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghans fetching water in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Climate change and frequent years of drought have deprived 21 million Afghans, almost half of Afghanistan's population, of access to potable water, Deputy Head of Afghanistan's National Environment Program Agency (NEPA) Abdul Salam Haqqani said. "Twenty-one million people, which is half of the population of the country, face a lack of water and do not have access to drinking water," local television channel TOLOnews quoted Haqqani on Wednesday as saying. Haqqani also noted that climate change has also destroyed 3 percent of the war-torn country's forests and decreased the rainfall by 37 percent. Afghanistan has been experiencing years of drought, which led to a recession of underground water including in the national capital Kabul, as major

E

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-PASSENGER PLANE-CRASH

(240121) -- KABUL, Jan. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- News report of television channel TOLOnews on a passenger plane crash is seen in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2024. A passenger plane heading toward Russia has crashed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Afghan television channel TOLOnews quoted an official as saying on Sunday. (Xinhua/Zou Xuemian)

E

Afghanistan to build 285 health centers nationwide

STORY: Afghanistan to build 285 health centers nationwide SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 26, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rural area and a health center in north Afghanistan's Sari Pul Province STORYLINE: Afghan authorities will build at least 285 health centers in several provinces of Afghanistan, local TOLOnews TV channel on Saturday quoted the country's top health official as saying. Qalandar Ibad, acting minister of public health, said the ministry is urging trained and professional doctors abroad to come back to their homeland amid a shortage of medics, the media outlet reported. The official also noted that 45,000 medical beds are needed to treat patients across the country, when the number of medical beds is less than 30 percent of the expected quantity. According to a plan released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 14 million people in Afghanistan, including 7.5 million children a

E

Flydubai airline resumes flights to Kabul

STORY: Flydubai airline resumes flights to Kabul SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kabul International Airport and a resumed flight from Dubai to Kabul STORYLINE: The Flydubai airline resumed flights between Dubai and Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday, the state-run Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) reported. Private TV channel Tolonews reported that Air Arabia, another UAE airline, would soon start flights to Kabul. Since the withdrawal of the U.S.-led coalition forces from Afghanistan in late August 2021, almost all international airlines have suspended flights to the war-torn country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

E

Blast kills 7, injures 17 in north Afghanistan

STORY: Blast kills 7, injures 17 in north Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a mosque after a blast in north Afghanistan's Baghlan Province 2. various of a hospital receiving the injured after a blast in north Afghanistan's Baghlan Province 3. various of a mosque after a blast in north Afghanistan's Baghlan Province STORYLINE: Seven persons have been confirmed dead and 17 others were injured as a blast ripped through a mosque in the capital of north Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Friday, provincial director for Information and Culture Asadullah Mustafa Hashimi said. "Seven people were killed and 17 others injured in the blast," the private television channel Tolonews quoted Hashimi as saying in its report. The blast took place when worshipers were inside the mosque in Pul-e-Khumri city to offer their Juma (Friday) congregation. Locals believe that the number of casualties is higher than reported. No

E

AFGHANISTAN-SALANG PASS-RECONSTRUCTION

(230807) -- BAGHLAN, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 6, 2023 shows the reconstruction site of a road in Salang District of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Salang Pass, the main highway linking the country's national capital Kabul to nine northern provinces onward to Central Asian states, would remain closed for reconstruction starting Saturday, the private television channel TOLOnews reported. (Photo by Zahir Khan Zahir/Xinhua)

E

AFGHANISTAN-SALANG PASS-RECONSTRUCTION

(230807) -- BAGHLAN, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 6, 2023 shows the reconstruction site of a road in Salang District of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Salang Pass, the main highway linking the country's national capital Kabul to nine northern provinces onward to Central Asian states, would remain closed for reconstruction starting Saturday, the private television channel TOLOnews reported. (Photo by Zahir Khan Zahir/Xinhua)

E

9 wounded as blast rocks Afghanistan's Jalalabad city

STORY: 9 wounded as blast rocks Afghanistan's Jalalabad city DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Jalalabad city STORYLINE: Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. Quoting an anonymous source, the private media outlet reported that nine injured people had been taken to the hospital for medical treatment. Security officials have yet to make a comment on the attack. This is the second blast in Afghanistan since early Tuesday. In the previous blast, which struck a bus carrying government employees in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city in the morning rush hour on Tuesday, seven people were killed and six others wounded, the police said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

E

AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-BLAST

(221207) -- NANGARHAR, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market here on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

E

AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-BLAST

(221207) -- NANGARHAR, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market here on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

E

Fire erupts at business mall in Afghanistan's Kabul

STORY: Fire erupts at business mall in Afghanistan's Kabul DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the burnt mall and nearby streets in Afghanistan STORYLINE: A fire erupted in the business mall Ahmadi Market on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Wednesday, the local media outlet Tolonews reported. No casualties or damage have been reported so far as police have yet to make a comment on the fire. The fire erupted at the market located in the Kota-e-Sangi neighborhood in Police District 5 of Kabul city on Wednesday morning, with a large plume of smoke seen rising from the scene, Tolonews reported citing witnesses. The report said the Zadran Market next to Ahmadi Market would also catch fire if firefighters failed to put out the fire as soon as possible. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

E

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ATTACK

(220803) -- KABUL, Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security force member stands guard near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2022. Gunshots were heard in the Karta-e-Sakhi locality on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, local television channel Tolonews reported. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

E

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ATTACK

(220803) -- KABUL, Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security force member stands guard near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2022. Gunshots were heard in the Karta-e-Sakhi locality on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, local television channel Tolonews reported. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

E

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ATTACK

(220803) -- KABUL, Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security force member stands guard near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2022. Gunshots were heard in the Karta-e-Sakhi locality on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, local television channel Tolonews reported. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

E

Gunshots heard in Afghan capital Kabul, casualties feared

STORY: Gunshots heard in Afghan capital Kabul, casualties feared DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the gunshot site and streets views in Kabul STORYLINE: Gunshots were heard in the Karta-e-Sakhi locality on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, local television channel Tolonews reported. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on social media that after the gunshots, security forces surrounded a suspected house in Karta-e-Sakhi area of Police District 3 and the cleanup operation has continued. On Monday, Western media reported that U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a drone strike on the suspected residence of the al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, killing him on the spot. The Taliban administration has confirmed the drone attack but didn't say if there was any victim or who was killed in the incident. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

E

Afghanistan's export exceeds 400 mln USD in 3 months

STORY: Afghanistan's export exceeds 400 mln USD in 3 months DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks transporting coal STORYLINE: The volume of Afghan exports has exceeded 400 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of the solar year of 1401 on the Persian calendar beginning March 21, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Tolonews quoted Mohammad Yonus Mohmand, chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, as saying that the country exported nearly 19,000 tons of fresh fruits and about 1.8 million tons of coal worth more than 400 million dollars over the period. Afghanistan's major exports composed of fresh and dry fruits are mostly exported to India and Pakistan, and coal utterly to Pakistan. Afghanistan has been making efforts to increase its exports to central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan's export reached more than 1 billion dollars in the solar y

E

Afghanistan exports 1 mln square meters of carpets last year: local media

STORY: Afghanistan exports 1 mln square meters of carpets last year: local media DATELINE: May 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of carpet stores STORYLINE: Afghanistan has exported more than 1 million square meters of carpet over the past year, a local television channel reported Saturday. Quoting the Union of Carpet Producers and Exporters of the country, Tolonews reported that "the number of carpet weavers increased over the past one year and the country produced and exported more than 1 million square meters of carpets in the year of 1400 (in Persian calendar ended on March 20). "Production has increased by 20 percent," the media outlet quoted Mohammad Asef Yaghoubi, a member of the Carpet Producers and Exporters Union, as saying. However, following the U.S. military withdrawal, Washington has slapped sanctions on the new Afghan administration, freezing Afghanistan's central bank assets worth more than 9 billion U.S. dollars and thus pl