RTANEWS — broadcast 20260808 103000 UTC 81 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:02:29] . [00:03:00] The Minister of Higher Education's conference in Kandahar concluded [00:03:03] . At this conference, discussions were held regarding providing job opportunities, [00:03:07] addressing student problems, academic responsibilities of professors upon [00:03:10] their return from foreign scholarships, [00:03:14] capacity building of the university and administrative staff, and a number of [00:03:18] other topics [00:03:18] . [00:03:22] A number of representatives of Afghan commercial companies met with the governor [00:03:25] of Fergana, Uzbekistan, to discuss the development of investment, trade, and the expansion [00:03:29] of economic cooperation . In this meeting, both sides also agreed [00:03:33] to expand cooperation in the fields of agriculture, energy, [00:03:37] air and land transportation , and that joint [00:03:40] projects, bilateral trade, and economic cooperation between the two sides should [00:03:44] be rapidly advanced [00:03:45] . [00:03:49] The head of Azizi Companies announced the signing of a cooperation agreement between [00:03:52] Azizi Energy Company and Shanghai Electric Company [00:03:56] of China. According to Mirwais Azizi, power plants with a capacity of 3,000 [00:04:00] megawatts of electricity from coal, gas, and solar energy [00:04:04] are to be built in Afghanistan [00:04:06] in the next four years. [00:04:10] Cash and food aid were distributed to more than 500 flood-affected families [00:04:14] in Nuristan province. The Afghan Red Crescent Society says that [00:04:17] this aid was distributed by two charitable foundations in coordination with this center [00:04:21] to affected families [00:04:23] . [00:04:26] The committee evaluating the establishment of car parks says that [00:04:30] the activities of this committee in the basements of all markets and high-rise buildings in Kabul [00:04:33] continue daily . According to officials, this program [00:04:37] aims to reduce traffic congestion, better [00:04:40] manage parking, and provide more facilities [00:04:43] for citizens [00:04:45] . [00:04:49] Russia's Deputy Prime Minister said that Moscow is considering the possibility [00:04:52] of creating a new railway route to the Indian [00:04:56] Ocean to reduce the risks arising from dependence [00:04:59] on sea routes through the Bosporus and Hormuz straits. He told the TASS news agency [00:05:02] that various options for accessing India are being considered, [00:05:06] and possible routes through Turkmenistan, Iran, [00:05:10] Afghanistan, and Pakistan are being evaluated. [00:05:15] The Kuwait Fund for Development allocated $2.5 million in humanitarian [00:05:18] aid to Afghanistan . The Kuwait Fund for Development and [00:05:22] the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [00:05:24] signed two agreements for emergency aid totaling $5 [00:05:28] million. Based on these agreements, $2.5 million [00:05:31] was allocated to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund [00:05:35] and another $2.5 million to the Syria Humanitarian [00:05:39] Fund . [00:05:44] Livestock farming and animal husbandry are the daily activities [00:05:48] of the majority of residents in remote areas of Panjshir province. A number of residents of this [00:05:52] province earn their livelihood through the sale of dairy [00:05:55] products, but these residents complain about the lack of dairy [00:05:59] processing factories and markets for their products. They [00:06:03] are demanding that officials address [00:06:05] their problems. [00:06:09] For the first time, dozens of Mujahideen in the district [00:06:17] had started this technical and vocational training program in the year [00:06:21] 143 solar calendar with the aim of building the capacity [00:06:24] of the Mujahideen in this district, which has now been successfully [00:06:27] completed. [00:06:31] The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs dedicated the Friday prayer sermon [00:06:34] last week to the importance and necessity of protecting the family system [00:06:38] from an Islamic perspective. A number of religious scholars called the role of families [00:06:42] important in reforming society and the country's self-sufficiency, [00:06:45] and urged parents to pay more attention to the upbringing [00:06:49] of their children. [00:06:53] The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock says that in the year [00:06:56] 1447 Hijri lunar calendar, 600 metric tons of improved [00:06:59] seeds were distributed to farmers in 12 provinces [00:07:03] of the country. According to officials of this ministry, in the same year, in addition [00:07:07] to the implementation of cold storage projects, more than 21,000 metric tons [00:07:11] of wheat were purchased. [00:07:20] and the Ministry of Transport and Aviation says that it has recently started [00:07:23] the work on a large waiting area project at Kabul International [00:07:27] Airport worth more than 300 million Afghanis, which will be completed [00:07:30] and put into operation in the near future. The spokesman of this [00:07:34] ministry says that this waiting area, in addition to car [00:07:37] parking, a hotel, and shops with all facilities for [00:07:41] passengers [00:08:38] was hit by an American and was a very famous child. We also witnessed that