New dams being built in southern Afghanistan to ease water shortage

STORY: New dams being built in southern Afghanistan to ease water shortage DATELINE: July 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site of new dams in Kandahar Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MULLAH ABDUL KHALEQ, Religious leader in Kandahar Province 3. various of the construction site of new dams 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MOHAMMAD SHARIF, Farmer 5. various of the construction site of new dams STORYLINE: Three new dams are being built in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar in an effort to ease an acute water shortage as a result of years of drought, which has affected the local agricultural production. The new dams are located in the province's Shah Walikot and Spin Boldak districts, said Mullah Abdul Khaleq, a religious leader in the province. According to the leader, the dam in Spin Boldak district is designed to store up to 2.3 million cubic meters of water and can be constructed at a cost of 35 million afghanis (about 400,000 U.S. doll

180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar

STORY: 180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Kandahar STORYLINE: At least 180 people infected with cholera have been admitted to Mir Wais Hospital in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, said a physician in the hospital on Thursday. Up to "74 patients affected with the disease are from Shah Walikot district," said Soorgul Nawzadi, the physician. The disease earlier killed 20 children in the neighboring Helmand province, said Nawzadi. In Baghran district of the Helmand province, about 150 people have been infected with the disease, local people said. "The weather is too hot... We don't have clean drinking water and I think the lack of clean water could be a reason for the outbreak of the disease in our area," said Dost Mohammad, a resident of Shah Walikot district. Qari Abdullah, also a resident of Shah Walikot district, has called upon the local adminis