《追风筝的人》阿富汗裔作者谴责拜登！网友还发现了一个惊人事实

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《追风筝的人》作者、美籍阿富汗裔作家卡勒德·胡赛尼17日接受BBC采访时，谴责拜登在讲话中“没有表达对数百万阿富汗人的同情”，“20年来美国人一直称他们为合作伙伴，但现在他们被抛弃，不得不自谋生路。”

随着阿富汗时局变化引发更多关注，不少网友发现，虽然《追风筝的人》故事主要发生在阿富汗，但受阿富汗战乱影响，电影取景地就在新疆。网友表示，他们一边诋毁新疆，一边靠在新疆取景来展现“安居乐业”，这是何等讽刺？

Author Khaled Hosseini, who wrote The Kite Runner, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Aug 17 that US President Joe Biden did not give "a statement of empathy with the millions of Afghans whom the Americans have been calling partners now for 20 years, who are left behind and have to fend for themselves".

US president Joe Biden failed to show "empathy" for the Afghan people during a speech in which he said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit, according to Mr Hosseini.

He also said Mr Biden had not "clearly" explained what the legacy of the past 20 years in Afghanistan had been for.

Of the Afghan army which fled instead of standing to fight as the Taliban made sweeping gains across the country, Hosseini said: "I don't condone it but I understand it."

Housainy said he hoped the Taliban would realize that Afghanistan has changed, "it is no longer the country where they stepped down in 2001", and they should adapt to the times. He also expressed concern about whether Afghanistan's progress in the past 20 years can be continued.

In particular, Housainy expressed deep concern about the future of Afghan women and girls. "Their rights and freedoms must be safeguarded, they must be allowed to join the ranks of rebuilding Afghan society, and female groups cannot be suppressed and can no longer be locked in their homes."

The Kite Runner tells the story of a boy named Amir from Kabul as he navigates the world around him. A world mired in events that stretch from the fall of Afghanistan's Monarchy through the Soviet intervention, to the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the US and the rise of the Taliban. 

As the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan draws global attention, Chinese netizens were amazed to find that The Kite Runner, a famous film about Afghanistan, was actually filmed in Northwest China's Xinjiang region.

A netizen commented, "How ironic! The movie cannot be filmed in Afghanistan as the US is fighting a war in the country. The movie is filmed in China's Xinjiang to 'restage' the harmoniousness in Kabul but the US is currently racking its brains to smear the region."

Some netizens posted pictures and videos of Kashi residents' peaceful lives, including children happily chasing each others in residential areas. 

"The US will never succeed in destroying our happy lives in Xinjiang region like they did in Afghanistan or other places by spreading lame lies as 'forced labor' or 'genocide!'"

编辑：焦洁 商桢

实习生：董雨卉

来源：BBC Globaltimes

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