UN / KABUL ATTACKS

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned the attacks carried out in a Kabul neighbourhood heavily populated by civilians. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 30 April 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; STEPHANE DUJARRIC; YAMAMOTO TADAMICHI
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA
• Subject Topical: TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2140641
• Parent Id: 2140641
• Alternate Title: unifeed180430b

Description

STORY: UN / KABUL ATTACKS
TRT: 01:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

26 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The UN Mission in Afghanistan strongly condemned the attack, attacks excuse me, carried out today in a Kabul neighbourhood heavily populated by civilians. Initial reports indicated that at least 14 civilians were killed and 30 were injured in two attacks, with the second attack timed 30 minutes later to target journalists arriving on the scene and emergency personnel seeking to provide aid to the first attack. These attacks caused untold human suffering to Afghan families, said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative Tadamichi Yamamoto and he expressed his deep condolences to the families of the victims.”
5. Various shots, journalists
6. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from podium

Storyline

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned the attacks carried out today (30 Apr) in a Kabul neighbourhood heavily populated by civilians.

According to a statement read by the Spokesperson of Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, “at least 14 civilians were killed and 30 were injured in two attacks, with the second attack timed 30 minutes later to target journalists arriving on the scene and emergency personnel seeking to provide aid to [victims of] the first attack.”

Dujarric quoted the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, who said “these attacks caused untold human suffering to Afghan families.”

Yamamoto expressed his deep condolences to the families of the victims.