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STORY: AFGHANISTAN / 40 YEARS OF CONFLICT
TRT: 2:54
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: JULY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
12 JULY 2019, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
1. Wide shot, Afghan flag waving atop Tape-e-Wazir Akbar
2. Med shot, Afghan flag fluttering in wind
14 JULY 2019, TARAKHAIL DAAG, PD21 DISTRICT, KABUL PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
3. Various shots, students in classroom at UNHCR-built community centre
3. Wide shot, men working construction
4. Close up, man stacking bricks
5. Wide shot, women in class room at UNHCR-built community centre taking midwifery course
6. Wide shot, women wlaking out of community centre
7. Wide shot, people at solar-powered deep water well, built by UNHCR
8. MEd shot, girls sitting by water canisters
9. Close up, water canister being filled
10. Pan right, boy hauling away wheelbarrow filled with water canisters
11. Aerial shot, solar panels that power the deep water well
12. Aerial shots, PD21 district
16 JULY 2019, TARAKHAIL DAAG, PD21 DISTRICT, KABUL PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
13. Various shots, women weaving carpet
14. Wide shot, tent in desert
15. Med shot, children standing outside tent
16. Pan right, father carrying son into house
17. Various shots, father sitting and laughing with children
12 JULY 2019, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
18. Wide shot, girl leaving makeshift shelter
19 Close up, boys sitting outside shelter
20. Wide shot, boy sitting outside shelter
21. Wide shot, hillsides on outskirts of Kabul
22. Wide shot, busy market
23. Med shot, girl with backpack climbing
24. Wide shot, girls standing together
25. Wide shot, Kabul buildings
26. Various shots, busy streets
24 NOVEMBER 2019, I12 AREA, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
27. Wide shot, informal settlement of Afghan refugees
28. Wide shot, boy rides past broken-down shelter on a horse-pulled cart
29. Wide shot, girl standing outside shelter eterance
30. Wide shot, children carrying firewood bundles on heads
31. Wide shot, girls standing on large rock
Afghanistan has endured more than 40 years of conflict which have left 4.6 million people displaced today. UNHCR said it was working with the World Bank, other development and humanitarian partners, and neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran to provide support for refugees, host communities, and the millions of people inside Afghanistan.
Afghans represent the longest displaced and the longest dispossessed population under UNHCR’s mandate worldwide. An overwhelming majority of the 2.7 million Afghan refugees, some 90 per cent, remain in Pakistan and Iran. Afghans are also the single largest group of asylum-seekers arriving in Europe, due to a sharp deterioration in security in Afghanistan, and increasing financial pressure on hosting nations.
UNHCR said its work in the country includes coordinating with the authorities to ensure returns to Afghanistan takes place in voluntary, safe, gradual and dignified manner, and that displaced people are protected. UNHCR also leads on two inter-agency groups, one on protection and response to internally displaced people, and the other on emergency shelter and non-food items, providing core relief items and emergency shelter assistance to vulnerable displaced people.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great threat to Afghanistan and to Afghan communities in Iran and Pakistan. An outbreak would put extraordinary strain on already fragile local health-care services and likely result in avoidable suffering and death. Despite persistent risks and insecurity, Afghans continue to return from both Iran and Pakistan.
Tens of thousands of Afghan citizens crossed over from Pakistan to Afghanistan during a temporary re-opening of the border in April. From Iran, while the number of Afghans nationals returning peaked at some 60,000 in March, around 1,500 individuals were returning daily in April.
As the race against time continues globally, UNHCR appealed to the international community to boost solidarity with all three countries to prevent a larger-scale outbreak of the coronavirus among the most vulnerable communities.
