A Woman Equals A Man ? Conference - Paris

A Woman Equals A Man ? Conference - Paris

Former Mayor of Maydan Shahr, Zarifa Ghafari looks on during the conference "In 2024, a woman equals a man? A matter of power" in the International Women's Day at the City Hall of Paris, France on March 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Woman Equals A Man ? Conference - Paris

A Woman Equals A Man ? Conference - Paris

Former Mayor of Maydan Shahr, Zarifa Ghafari looks on during the conference "In 2024, a woman equals a man? A matter of power" in the International Women's Day at the City Hall of Paris, France on March 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Underground and undernourished: Cave dwellers in Afghanistan's Bamiyan risk starvation

STORY: Underground and undernourished: Cave dwellers in Afghanistan's Bamiyan risk starvation DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:13 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of caves in which poor people live 2. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZARIFA GULL AHMAD, Cave dweller 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): NORIA, Cave dweller 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): HASSAN, Cave dweller STORYLINE: For the whole of history, people have lived in caves in Afghanistan. Many people had no choice but to take up residence in one, and in central Bamiyan province, many families find themselves forgotten and starving. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent "Following the pullout of its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, the United States has frozen nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars worth of assets of Afghanistan's central bank, which is widely seen as the primary factor leading to the current economic crisis and humanitarian disaster in the wa