UN / AFGHANISTAN VIOLENCE

The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called for “an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, saying that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence,” the Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:04
• Production Date: 3 August 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2645352
• Parent Id: 2645352
• Alternate Title: unifeed210803c

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STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN VIOLENCE
TRT: 02:04
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN headquarters exterior

03 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the dais
3. Med shot, photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Mission in Afghanistan called for an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, saying that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. The latest reports show that 40 civilians have been killed and 118 injured within the last 24 hours in the city of Lashkargah as the Taliban continue their ground assault. In Kandahar, at least 5 civilians were killed and 42 wounded. The Mission said that the Taliban ground offensive and Afghan National Army airstrikes are causing the most harm and added it is deeply concerned about indiscriminate shooting and damage to health facilities and civilian homes.”
5. Med shot, journalist
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Whether it is the Taliban fighting, we are concerned as I just mentioned by what we think is a lot of indiscriminate shooting also by the Afghan National Air Force. I think this all underscores the need to redouble efforts for political solution to be arrived at very quickly.”
7. Med shot, journalist
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Afghan people have suffered through decades and decades of conflict. They suffered through a long period of rule where human rights where blatantly ignored, where women’s rights where non-existent to say the least. We are there to help the Afghan people, but it is up to the Afghan parties to reach a political solution. We and the international community are there to support and guide in whatever way we can, but there needs to be a, there needs to be a political solution.”
9. Zoom out, end of presser

Storyline

The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today (3 Aug) called for “an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, saying that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence,” the Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.

Dujarric said, “the Taliban ground offensive and Afghan National Army airstrikes are causing the most harm and added it is deeply concerned about indiscriminate shooting and damage to health facilities and civilian homes.”

He said, “this all underscores the need to redouble efforts for political solution to be arrived at very quickly.”

Dujarric said, “the Afghan people have suffered through decades and decades of conflict. They suffered through a long period of rule where human rights where blatantly ignored, where women’s rights where non-existent to say the least. We are there to help the Afghan people, but it is up to the Afghan parties to reach a political solution. We and the international community are there to support and guide in whatever way we can, but there needs to be a, there needs to be a political solution.”

The latest reports show that 40 civilians have been killed and 118 injured within the last 24 hours in the city of Lashkargah as the Taliban continue their ground assault. In Kandahar, at least 5 civilians were killed and 42 wounded.