总台记者手记｜塔利班占领坎大哈后...

A member of the Afghan Special Forces directs traffic during the rescue mission of a policeman besieged at a check post surrounded by Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2021. /Reuters

编者按：8月12日，塔利班迅速占领了阿富汗第二大城市坎大哈，这一事件震惊了阿富汗和整个世界。坎大哈民众充满了恐惧，担心塔利班的暴力统治会卷土重来。但之后几天，在这个城市经历了几天可怕的寂静后，一些人的态度发生了转变，他们表示欢迎塔利班的到来。他们渴望在战争持续了20年之后，塔利班的归来能带来安全和改变。

Editor's Note: On August 12, the Taliban's rapid advance and seizure of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city, took the country (and the world) off guard. Fear gripped Afghans as a repeat of the Taliban's tumultuous rule may once again become a reality. But as an eerie calm settled in the city in the days that followed, some welcomed the return of the Taliban and the sense of security and change they may bring after 20 years of war.

8月12日晚，我们在家里突然感到一阵晃动——一枚炸弹在我们附近爆炸了。我们立即躲进了车库，在那儿呆了一整夜。有那么一会儿，我觉得我要死了，一切都完了。我心里默念着：不能再学习了，生活就要结束了，我要死了。

On the evening of August 12, we were sitting at home when there was a sudden tremor – a bomb exploded near our house. We then went to our garage and stayed there for the whole night. For a moment I thought I would die and everything was over. I said to myself: no more education, no more life, I will die now.

那是我人生中最糟糕的一夜。整整一夜都是在震惊和枪声中度过的。

That was the worst night in my life. That entire night was spent in shock and fighting.

第二天早上，我们听说坎大哈被塔利班占领了。

The next morning, we heard that Kandahar was taken over by the Taliban.

那天早上，整座城市都很安静。人们都呆在家里，充满了恐惧。

That morning, the entire city was quiet. People all stayed at home, scared.

8月13日，塔利班向媒体发布了一条来自他们一位领导人的语音信息，说现在一切都已恢复正常，大家可以走出家门、回去工作，并且说他们不禁止人们活动。

It was August 13 that the Taliban released a voice clip of one of their leaders in their media message group, saying that everything was normal now, and that everyone can come out of their houses and go back to work. The Taliban said they were not forbidding people from doing things.

现在的坎大哈很平静。昨天（8月18日），我去了一个集市，发现一切都很正常，人们出来做自己的事情。从塔利班来了以后，我们还没有听说任何人被杀的消息。生活正在恢复正常，集市和往常一样。

Now it's calm Kandahar. On August 18, I went to a bazaar and found everything was as normal. People came out to do their own jobs. And so far, we haven't heard any news of death since the Taliban came. Things are getting back to normal. The bazaar is as normal as the other days.

事实上，我甚至觉得坎大哈现在的情况相比过去要好。以前，坎大哈是阿富汗几个有激烈战斗的城市之一，我们每天都会听到炸弹的爆炸声以及杀戮和死亡的新闻，而现在的情况好多了。我们需要和平，需要舒适和幸福的生活。可能因为抱有这样的希望，我们觉得现在的情况好于过去。许多人觉得战争已经结束，他们可以安全地生活了，所以很高兴。

In fact, I feel the situation in Kandahar is even better than before. Because Kandahar is one of the cities where the intense war took place, so in the past, we would hear bomb blasts and news about killings and deaths every day. Not it's better, because we need peace, we need comfortable life, we need happy life. And because of this hope, we feel it's better now. Many people are happy because they think the war is over and they will live safely.

塔利班在好多年以前就占领了坎大哈的一些地区，但直到最近才进入坎大哈的中心地带。人们曾经害怕塔利班的到来会让他们的生活退回到20年前。但我们惊讶地发现，塔利班的计划和政策好像和以前不一样了。以前，他们经常殴打、强迫和欺负妇女，现在不这样了。

Some of the districts in Kandahar were captured by Taliban years ago but the Taliban only came to the center of Kandahar recently. Before they arrived, people were scared that we might go back 20 years. But we were surprised because it seems that their plans and policies have changed. Before, they used to beat women and force them or bully them, but now it's not like that.

但仍然有很多人对塔利班持怀疑态度。他们觉得塔利班还是二十年前的塔利班，战争会再次来临。他们认为，评判塔利班不止要听其言，还要观其行。

But still, many people are hesitant to welcome the Taliban. Because in their minds Taliban is still like 20 years ago. And they think there will be war again. And these people would like to judge Taliban by their actions not by their words.

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