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Bagram Air Base 1. United Nations jeep leaving Bagram air base with Japan's special envoy on Afghanistan affairs (and former UNHCR chief) Sadako Ogata Estalif area, Shomali Plains 2. Ogata exiting jeep at village in Estalif area 3. Ogata with local officials walking in village 4. Smiling children watching 5. Midshot of tents, pan to crowd with Ogata 6. Close up smiling boy 7. Ogata talking to villager, surrounded by photographers 8. Villagers watching 9. Ogata in tent talking to villagers and officials 10. Close up woman in tent 11. Ogata looking around tent camp 12. Villagers standing outside tent 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sadako Ogata, Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs: "I think the US has now been recognising the mistake and saying they are going to be engaged and I think in Tokyo, we will have an even firmer commitment in terms of years and maybe amounts of assistance. That is the main objective of the conference really, to make the commitments firm so that they don't make mistakes again." 12. Ogata walking in village 13. Ogata crossing bridge over small ditch next to house followed by officials and photographers 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sadako Ogata, Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs: "This is a very unusual, but interesting situation where there are people who are displaced from the war in a village that is about four hours walk and they are coming back and staying here for a few days to receive things and get a little rest." 12. Ogata walking along village road surrounded by officials, media and villagers 13. Various of village 14. Ogata being driven away 15. Wide shot of cars leaving 16. Villagers running along the road Kabul 17. Ogata arriving to meet UN Special Representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi 18. Various of Brahimi meeting Ogata 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Representative to Afghanistan: "We have discussed Afghanistan. We've talked about the meeting in Tokyo, which I'm sure will be important for Afghanistan and will be successful and will help mobilise further international support which is very, very badly needed for the people of Afghanistan." 20. Ogata's delegation leaving STORYLINE: The former head of the UNHCR, Sadako Ogata, arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday for a first-hand look at the plight of displaced people and the challenges of rebuilding Afghan communities. Ogata is now Japan's special envoy on Afghanistan affairs and will play a key role at the forthcoming Tokyo conference on the reconstruction of the shattered nation. Arriving at Bagram airport, Ogata was taken straight to the Shomali plains and a village which was destroyed during fighting between the Northern Alliance and Taliban. An estimated 200-thousand people fled their homes in villages like this in 1998 and 2000, but are now starting to return. More than one thousand displaced families have been helped back to their homes in the Panjshir valley in the last week. But many are now living in tents, as their houses were destroyed in the fighting. Ogata appeared optimistic that foreign assistance would be ongoing. She will use the information she gains from her visit at the International Conference for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo on 21st-22nd January. She has said Japan may fund up to 20 percent of aid projects in Afghanistan. Later on Wednesday, Ogata met the UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, in Kabul. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a11fd48b32b56e44732c52a23960b37f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork