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Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments

STORY: Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 24, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: ISMAEL KHIL, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan villagers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SAYED AZIZ, Villager 3. various of Afghan village 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): HAJJI ESMATULLAH, Villager 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MAWLAWI HABIBULLAH MUJAHID, Provincial head for information and culture STORYLINE: Years later, Afghan villagers still vividly remember the operations and bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops during their 20-year presence in the war-torn country. Sayed Aziz, a resident of eastern Wardak province, stays in a mud house in the ruined Ismael Khil village. Recalling the miserable time, he whispered with sorrow that one U.S. aerial strike had killed 10 people including eight of his brother Qari's family members more than a decade ago. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SAYED AZIZ, Villager "Qari's children, wife and grandchildren

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-U.S. BOMBARDMENTS

(231227) -- ISMAEL KHIL, Dec. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 24, 2023 shows houses destroyed by bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops in Ismael Khil village of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Years later, Afghan villagers still vividly remember the operations and bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops during their 20-year presence in the war-torn country. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-U.S. BOMBARDMENTS

(231227) -- ISMAEL KHIL, Dec. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 24, 2023 shows houses destroyed by bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops in Ismael Khil village of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Years later, Afghan villagers still vividly remember the operations and bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops during their 20-year presence in the war-torn country. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-U.S. BOMBARDMENTS

(231227) -- ISMAEL KHIL, Dec. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 24, 2023 shows houses destroyed by bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops in Ismael Khil village of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Years later, Afghan villagers still vividly remember the operations and bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops during their 20-year presence in the war-torn country. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-U.S. BOMBARDMENTS

(231227) -- ISMAEL KHIL, Dec. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 24, 2023 shows a man standing near the houses destroyed by bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops in Ismael Khil village of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Years later, Afghan villagers still vividly remember the operations and bombardments conducted by the U.S. troops during their 20-year presence in the war-torn country. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans still in sorrow of losing family members in U.S. bombardments" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover

STORY: Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover DATELINE: July 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): NOORUDIN, Flood survivor 3. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Flood victim 5. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MAWLAWI FAIZULLAH JALALI STANIKZAI, Provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority 7. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): ZUKRULLAH, An elderly man from village 9. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Standing in front of his destroyed mud-house after a flood struck his village in east Afghanistan early Sunday, Noorudin was mourning his deceased family members. Located in the mountainous Jalrez district of eastern Wardak province, the flood-

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-FLOOD

(230725) -- WARDAK, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a destroyed house in the flood-affected area in Jalrez district of Wardak province, Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-FLOOD

(230725) -- WARDAK, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People sit outside a destroyed house in the flood-affected area in Jalrez district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-FLOOD

(230725) -- WARDAK, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a destroyed house in the flood-affected area in Jalrez district of Wardak province, Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan

STORY: Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Wardak province, Afghanistan 2. various of muddy street 3. various of damaged houses STORYLINE: The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority on Sunday. "A total of 26 people were killed, 44 others injured, and 36 more people went missing in rainstorms and flooding that swept through parts of eastern Wardak province late Saturday," Rahimi told reporters. Rahimi confirmed that the rainstorms and flash floods had also claimed four lives in the Paghman district outside Kabul and another in the eastern Khost province over the past three days. At least 250 cattle have been killed, 400 houses were partially or utterly destroyed, and dozens of acres of land were subme

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a house destroyed by floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a car destroyed by floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People gather at the flood-affected area in Wardak province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2023. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a house destroyed by floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man sits among ruins after deadly floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2023. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a house destroyed by floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-WARDAK-DISASTER-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230724) -- WARDAK, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a house destroyed by floods in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority, on Sunday. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Afghan school built with Japan's aid opens

BAMYAN, Afghanistan - Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Hiroshi Takahashi (second from L) and Afghan Education Minister Farooq Wardak (2nd from R) join other officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 22, 2014, to open an elementary school built with Japan's financial assistance in the suburbs of Bamyan in central Afghanistan.

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Night raids authority given to Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen (L), and Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak attend a press conference in Kabul on April 8, 2012, as the two countries signed an agreement to give Afghanistan authority over night raids of Afghan homes to search for insurgents.

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Night raids authority given to Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen (L), and Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak attend a ceremony in Kabul on April 8, 2012, as the two countries signed an agreement to give Afghanistan authority over night raids of Afghan homes to search for insurgents.

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272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul

STORY: 272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of internally displaced persons STORYLINE: A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. With the help provided under a coordinated program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office and the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs, the IDPs were sent back to their homes in Ghazni, Bamyan, Daikundi and Wardak provinces. According to the deputy minister, each family was offered up to 200 U.S. dollars by the UNHCR for returning to their homes. According to officials with the ministry for refugees and repatriation affairs, those returning to their homes would get help from local aid agencies. Up to 6,000 displaced families resid

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Afghan ministry puts 7 large-scale stone mines for bidding

STORY: Afghan ministry puts 7 large-scale stone mines for bidding DATELINE: May 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of stone mines 2. various of workers STORYLINE: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Afghan caretaker government has announced bidding on the extraction of seven large-scale stone mines, the ministry confirmed on Monday. The ministry's Directorate of Large-Scale Mines Management has announced the tenders for five marble mines in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Bamiyan, Parwan and Herat provinces, a travertine stone mine in Daykundi province, and a granite mine in Maidan Wardak province, according to the ministry's website. The tenders for the said mine projects were announced on April 21 by the ministry, however, as per the instruction of the minister of mines and petroleum the "tender has been renounced for 30 days starting from May 20." Interested companies can receive the bidding documents from the ministry's website or visit the ministry's

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Night raids authority given to Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen (L), and Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak attend a press conference in Kabul on April 8, 2012, as the two countries signed an agreement to give Afghanistan authority over night raids of Afghan homes to search for insurgents. (Kyodo)

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Night raids authority given to Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen (L), and Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak attend a ceremony in Kabul on April 8, 2012, as the two countries signed an agreement to give Afghanistan authority over night raids of Afghan homes to search for insurgents. (Kyodo)

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Afghan school built with Japan's aid opens

BAMYAN, Afghanistan - Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Hiroshi Takahashi (second from L) and Afghan Education Minister Farooq Wardak (2nd from R) join other officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 22, 2014, to open an elementary school built with Japan's financial assistance in the suburbs of Bamyan in central Afghanistan. (Kyodo)