OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN ATTACK

A Spokesperson for the UN human rights office said that the attack near Kabul’s airport is “a hideous assault on desperate civilians, and we hope those responsible are caught and brought to justice as soon as possible.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:44
• Production Date: 27 August 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2649151
• Parent Id: 2649151
• Alternate Title: unifeed210827a

Description

STORY: OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN ATTACK
TRT: 00:45
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 27 August 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, alley of flags Palais des Nations Geneva
2. Wide shot, podium and tv screen in briefing room at Palais des Nations Geneva
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The terrorist attack at Kabul airport yesterday was a horrendous move by ISIL-Khorasan. It was clearly calculated to kill and maim as many people as possible: civilians - children, women, fathers, mothers, as well as Taliban, and foreign forces protecting the airport.”
4. Cut away, cameraman
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“It was an attack specifically designed to cause carnage, and it has caused carnage. This was a hideous assault on desperate civilians, and we hope those responsible are caught and brought to justice as soon as possible.”
6. Wide shot, podium and tv screen in briefing room at Palais des Nations Geneva

Storyline

A Spokesperson for the UN human rights office said that the attack near Kabul’s airport is “a hideous assault on desperate civilians, and we hope those responsible are caught and brought to justice as soon as possible.”

Speaking to reporters in Geneva today (27 Aug), Rupert Colville said, “the terrorist attack at Kabul airport yesterday was a horrendous move by ISIL-Khorasan. It was clearly calculated to kill and maim as many people as possible: civilians - children, women, fathers, mothers, as well as Taliban, and foreign forces protecting the airport.”

He also said “it was an attack specifically designed to cause carnage, and it has caused carnage.

According to media reports, there were two explosions near Kabul's airport on Thursday (26 Aug) killing dozens of people and wounding as many as 200.