我們能理解 先坐下來 We understand! Sit down!
坐下來 Sit down!
- 坐下來 - 坐下來 - Sit down! - Sit down!
坐下來 Sit down!
在經歷了18年的阿富汗戰爭後 2020年美國和北約聯盟開始從阿富汗撤軍
我們剛簽了協議 We just signed an agreement
把我們的人帶回家 to bring our people back home.
想要我們的人回家 We want to bring our people back home.
美國總統喬.拜恩設定了2021年8月31日這個最後撤離的時限
我們正在結束美國最長的戰爭 We're ending America's longest war.
我不會再派遣新的美國人捲入 I will not send another generation of Americans
阿富汗戰爭 to war in Afghanistan.
在最後期限的兩周前兩隊 美國陸戰隊抵達喀布爾機場
他們的任務是保護在阿富汗的美國公民和在戰爭中 幫助過美國而深陷危險的阿富汗人撤離
我覺得我們對這次撤離的規模 I don't think we understood the scale
疏散人員的範圍和最終事態發展的趨勢 and scope of what the evacuation
預估不足 would eventually turn into.
回來 Get back!
他們說得好像 They kind of made it sound like,
「噢 這是一場快速和簡單的行動」 "Oh, it's gonna to be quick and simple."
「我們將會進出非常輕鬆」 "We're gonna be in and out."
但事實完全不是這樣 But that didn't happen here.
拉起來 Get up!
那顯然是一場人道主義災難 It was a humanitarian catastrophe.
陸戰隊到達的二天後 塔利班佔領了喀布爾
我們從未想過會有一天佔領喀布爾
我們享受勝利的喜悅
我們征服了喀布爾
每個人都懼怕我們
那是非常恐怖的時刻 現場一片混亂 That was a terrifying time, and it was a full chaos.
每個期望離開阿富汗的人 Everyone was moving toward the airport
都朝機場涌去 to get out of Afghanistan.
我們擔心戰爭可能又要重新開始 We fear that a war may start.
我們都很害怕 We were all afraid.
是關於我們的家庭和我們所愛的人 It was about our families, about loved ones.
是關於我出生和成長的城市 It was about the city that I was born in, I was raised in.
逃 離 喀 布 爾
嘿 快走啊 Yo, let's fucking go!
我是海軍陸戰飪第8營的指揮官 I'm the commanding officer for 1st battalion, 8th Marines.
差不多2021年8月12日那天， Around August 12th of 2021,
那鈴聲在半夜響起 that bell rang in the middle of the night
事態進展得非常快 and things got quick very fast.
到了第二天 我們就 And by the 13th, we were
已經在阿富汗了 standing in Afghanistan.
- 好 你們都準備好了嗎 - 是的 - All right, you boys ready? - Yeah.
那出發吧 Gonna head out.
我們背了一個包就 We went into Afghanistan
去了阿富汗 just with what was on our backs.
下了飛機 馬上就開始工作 Came off the plane and immediately started working.
在最初的幾天裏 I only had 150 people
我們只有一百五十個人 and didn't have much of the equipment that I needed
而且沒有攜帶太多的所需設備 in those first several days.
給你 Here you go.
我們知道我們的任務是來執行 We knew we were there to begin the mission,
撤離身處危險的阿富汗人 which was evacuate the at-risk Afghans,
和美國公民 you know, the U.S. citizens.
我們都認為這行動將會是 We kind of thought that it would be
一個相對有序的 a relatively orderly process
因為在喀布爾周邊 because security would be maintained
安全至少會得到保障 at least around Kabul.
我們沒想到事態會變成這樣 We didn't think this was gonna turn into what it did.
喀布爾機場就像一個碗 Kabul airport is kind of in a bowl.
它被多山的地形包圍 It's surrounded by mountainous terrain
在北邊 on the northern side
那是向西延伸的 that kind of wraps around to the west.
這只是個大機場 It's just a large airfield.
這是一個戰略位置 It's a strategic location where
大量的軍事補給和軍隊 lots of supplies and troops
會進出這個國家 were brought in and out of country.
這是一個軍民兩用機場 You know, it was a military and civilian airport
所有都可能發生在同一時間 all at the same time.
中情局 阿富汗人， The CIA, the Afghans,
當然也包括很大一部分我們 and certainly some of our coalition partners
在基地的盟友 had large portions of that base.
機場外圍有一堵圍牆 There was kind of an outer perimeter wall.
在這個大圈的每個據點 Everyone kind of had their piece of that large pie,
都有我們的人 if you will.
所以 你知道 剛開始的兩天 So, you know, the first two days,
每個人都各就各位 everyone's manning their positions.
安全穩定的 Security's stable.
一切如常 Just business as usual.
所以飛機把人送出去 So planes were taking people out
但不是阿富汗平民 but not really Afghan civilians
我當時看到的 that I saw at this point.
進出的飛機 Planes that were coming in and out
只是把阿富汗高級官員 were just taking the high-level Afghans,
我們大使館的外交官 diplomats out of our embassy.
平民疏散還沒有開始 You know, the civilian evacuation hadn't begun yet,
所以我們只是先把VIP優先送走了 so we were getting out the VIPs first.
在我們到達那裏的兩天後 Two days after we had gotten there...
就是13號到的 you know, got there on the 13th,
到了15號的時候 一切都失控了 and the 15th, all hell broke loose.
那天塔利班開始進入喀布爾 On the 15th is when the Taliban entered Kabul.
我為聖戰戰鬥了十五年
美國人殺了兩個我的家人
這就是讓我想參加聖戰
從小就一直想
要炸死他們
我當時還小 但我感覺如此強烈
我恨他們的野蠻
還行
二十年來美國人是我們的敵人
我們打敗了他們
自殺炸彈襲擊者的犧牲和我們男子漢的血都值得的
我是領導我們的自殺部隊
最大挑戰是我們要經常走私武器
我們甚至使用了這些東西
看看這裏 我們一顆子彈
美國人放棄了與我們作戰
我們的簡單技術擊敗了他們的現代科技
八月十五日
當我們進入喀布爾時 我們意識到這座城市將要淪陷
就像一場夢 無論我走到那裏 感覺在做夢一樣
我到喀布爾的第一天 The first day I got to Kabul,
我們沒想過喀布爾 we were not expecting that Kabul
會如此之快的陷落 will fall down so quickly.
當我們到達喀布爾時 阿富汗政府逃跑了
我們跑到總統府 第一個到達會是英雄
我們進入了總統府 沒有人抗拒我們
這是腐敗的中心 我們征服了它
奉上帝的名
當我們接管宮殿時 我們非常滿意
但對我們來說 它不是一座宮殿
那是一家妓院
我來到了將軍所在的聯合作戰中心 I come to the joint operations center where our general is.
那個時候我才知道政府已經垮了 That's when I learned that the government had collapsed,
阿富汗的總統溜了 the Afghan president was gone,
所有阿富汗的外交任務都停了 and the diplomatic mission in Afghanistan was closed.
我們抬頭看機場那10-20個電視屏幕 And we look up at the 10 or 20 TV screens,
上面只顯示了民用機場 and all it showed was the civilian airport,
機場的南部 the southern portion of the base,
成千上萬的人都在奔跑 and thousands of people just running.
而我所能做的就是留下我帶來的食物 And all I could do was drop the meal that I had picked up,
水和穿上我的裝備 put down the bottle of water, put my kit back on,
將步槍上膛 對那些群眾 lock and load my rifle, look at a couple people
說「跟著我」然後我們就一直跑 and say, "You, with me," and we just ran,
還有海量想要撤離的人 and the mass sea of humanity who wanted to evacuate
就在我們眼前 was right there on our doorstep.
許多許多的家庭 A lot of families
帶著旅行袋 were carrying their travel bags
都在向機場奔走 with theirselves and were going toward the airport.
凌晨一點我們到了機場 通過塔利班檢查站
他們從那邊開槍
要我們離開這裏
所有阿富汗人都想逃離
去機場 登上飛機
在喀布爾機場感覺就像世界末日一樣
最初大概有五千人左右 The initial push was probably about 5,000 people.
平民也來了 Civilians were already starting to come.
他們開始過來和我們說 They were starting to come and basically knock on the door
「我們也要離開」 and say, "I need to get out."
他們中有的人會說 「我有證件」 And they would say, you know, "I have papers."
「我丈夫是一名翻譯和你們一起工作」 "My husband was an interpreter and served with you guys."
「我需要出去」 "I need to get out."
女人帶著孩子和一家大小哭泣著 Women crying, showing up with all their kids and extended family.
我只能說 我們還沒有開始疏散行動 We weren't really open for evacuation operations just yet.
我們還沒有召集所有人撤離 You know, we didn't have everyone there just yet.
有一部分平民 We have a large portion of civilians
衝破大門 that have finally gotten through the gate.
然後機場完全被衝破了 The base is completely breached.
機場跑道也完全被佔領了 The airfield's completely overrun.
飛機對他們來說意味著自由 Those aircraft to them meant freedom.
他們就站在那裏 擋住了一切 They just planted right there to block everything,
都在說「你會帶我去」 you know, basically to say, "You will take me"
「那駕飛機裏的」 "in that thing right there,"
「不然 我就不走了」 「and I'm not moving until you do it."
那一刻 我們意識到 And at this point, we've rousted
一百五十名海軍陸戰隊員需要肅清機場跑道 the 150 marines that I have to open up the airfield.
飛機在空中飛行 We had planes, you know, flying in the air,
只能空中盤旋 而無法著陸 just loitering. They could not land.
很多人站在機場跑道上 Anyone standing on that airfield,
飛機不能降落 也不能起飛 a plane can't land and a plane can't take off.
所以所有人都沒法進出了 So there's no way in or out right now.
我們試圖擊退他們 不讓他們靠近跑道 We tried to push them back and keep them off
讓飛機可以繼續降落 of the runway so we could continue to land
增援後續部隊和軍需補給 our additional forces, continue to land supplies.
因為那是我們的生命紅線 'Cause that was our lifeline.
如果失去了機場 我可以毫不懷疑 If we lost that airfield, I have no doubt
我們都會死的 we would have all died.
從午夜到凌晨五點 So from midnight to about 5:00 in the morning,
我們終於把他們擊退了 we pushed them back.
為了讓他們理解 And to try to put this into words,
整晚的爭吵 that fight that night,
這是使用步槍作為武器的白刃戰 it was hand-to-hand. It was using rifles as impact weapons.
對他們和我們來說都不愉快的 Wasn't pleasant for them. It wasn't pleasant for us.
他們完全包圍了我們航站樓前
靠近阿富汗乘客的飛機
他們用鐵絲網包圍了我們
所有阿富汗以及世界各地的人開始專注於機場
人們認為美國打算撤離整個阿富汗
因此 聖戰者的焦點也在機場
當我們到達喀布爾時
我負責機場
我們有一千名自殺式炸彈襲擊者包圍了他們
美國人在航站樓和跑道上
有一段時間有些緊張...
與美國人的槍戰屬於高風險
八月十六日
我想是16號凌晨吧 On, I guess, early morning on the 16th,
人群中發現有塔利班的滲透者 some Taliban infiltrators in the crowd,
這些人開始與海軍陸戰隊交戰 and they started to engage the marines
那是在機場 that were on the airfield.
就在那時 事情開始變得... That's when things started to get...
有點瘋狂 a little crazy.
日出時分 這個塔利班戰士出現了 Right about sunup, this Taliban fighter appeared,
他向空中鳴槍 firing his rifle in the air,
我們的一個海軍陸戰隊員擊斃了他 and one of our marines killed him.
一槍斃命 One clean shot took his life.
就在那時我開了槍 And that's when I fired my weapon
然後朝第二個塔利班士兵的胸部開了一槍 and shot the second one in the chest.
我們和這些暴徒鬥爭了二十年 We'd been fighting these people for 20 years.
所以他是個目標 是個威脅 他必須擊斃 So he was a target, he was a threat, and he had to go.
發生了一場近距離交火 There's this firefight that's happening right in front of us now
然而 聚集在機場的平民越來越多 while, you know, the numbers only continue to grow.
現在的數字可能已經達到了八千到一萬之間 Now the number, I would say, is between 8,000 and 10,000.
我們開放了機場給平民 這無疑是一個巨大的勝利 We had opened the airfield, so that was a huge win.
8月16日我醒來的時候 On the 16th of August when I woke up,
我只聽說這一家人離開了 all I heard was that this family has left,
那一家庭也離開了 that family has left.
有傳言說大約有九百人 And there was a rumor that around 900 people
已從阿富汗撤離 were evacuated from Afghanistan,
還有不少形形色色的人 and people of different categories
可以晚上離開阿富汗 could leave Afghanistan on that night.
第二天 因為我們更多的人來到城裏
一切都變了 我們非常高興
這很奇怪 當我們經過人群時...
他們看到了我們的頭巾 我們看起來像毛拉...
他們很快就跑了
婦女和兒童都害怕我們
當塔利班佔領之前 我們在阿富汗度過了一段非常黑暗的時光 It was very dark times we spent in Afghanistan when Taliban took over.
在塔利班沒來之前 我們過著簡單的生活 Before Taliban took over, we have a simple life--
雖然不完美 not perfect.
不完美 但至少還行 It was not perfect, but it was good.
當塔利班佔領阿富汗...
我大學的第一年
我被摧毀了...
因為我知道他們不會讓女孩工作或學習
我們女人會是主要的受害者 We are the main victims, like, women.
我擔心塔利班來了 阿富汗平民 And I fear that the changes that Afghan women brought
特別是婦女帶來的變化 to the Afghanistan...
他們已經打了很多年了 like, they have fought and fought for years
為了有一天獲得受教育的權利 for the ability to get educated,
為了有工作的權利 for the ability to work, and on that day,
我覺得所有的努力總有一天會付諸東流 I felt like all their efforts will be ruined in one day.
女人會被殺戮 被蹂躪 The women were thinking of killing, brutality,
被鞭打 被強迫婚姻 lashes, forced marriages.
這就是所有 That is what
這裏的婦女在想的事情 all the women had in mind,
特別是有工作的的女性 specifically the women who were working,
因為他們知道會帶來什麼 because they knew what the reality was,
所以那是一種恐懼和不安全感 so that was a horror, insecurity,
不確定性和暴行 uncertainty, and brutality.
這是怎麼回事 姐姐
塔利班就在這裏
在城市裏
喀布爾淪陷 一切結束了
塔利班進城 我們要走了
人們嚇得要死
每個人都跑了
人們看到的 聖戰者像食人的怪物...
殺害平民...
殺害婦女 兒童以及所有沒有鬍鬚的人
沒有聖戰者 沒有阿富汗人 沒有塔利班...
我想要我們的穆斯林兄弟姐妹在異教徒的幫助下離開...
並採用美國的生活方式
我們的任務不是讓所有都離開這個國家 Our mission was to not let anyone to leave the country.
因為太害怕了 人們涌向機場像潮水一樣...
沒有圍墻 沒有障礙 沒有什麼可以阻止他們
在那一邊 塔利班和美國人正在交火
看 整個喀布爾
整個國家都在逃離
看看人們如何逃避塔利班
這就像審判日 人們試圖逃離地獄
天啊 整個基地都出現了缺口 Boy, that whole base was porous.
真的 It really was.
很多缺口 There were a lot of weak points.
我們的安全防衛出現了漏洞 We were certainly having breaches in security
機場裏到處都是跳牆而入的人 all over the base, people just jumping the walls
然後試著進去 and then trying to get in.
人們開始翻越柵欄 People started coming over fences,
穿過機場 coming through the airport.
現在是10點 往左邊看 It's 10:00. I look over to my left.
數以千計的人從另一個 Thousands just start pouring through another hole
我們都不知道的洞裏涌入 in the wall that we didn't even know...
我們確定具體在機場的人數 we didn't know that portion of the base.
我估計有二萬四千名阿富汗人在機場 I think the estimate was 24,000 Afghans inside the airport
機場外人數不詳 with untold numbers outside the airport.
所以現在我們不得不穿過機場 So now we have to split the already small force
調撥本來人數就不多的部隊 that we have to run back across the airfield,
去把他們關起來 go get those people, corral them,
期望可以拖延幾個小時 and just start pushing them back for several hours.
跑道就是任務 The runway was the mission.
不惜一切代價保持跑道暢通 Keep the runway open at all costs.
他們的坦克和士兵向我們推進
美國人開始射擊
他們朝空中開槍 告訴我們退後
退回去 Back up!
退回去 退回去 Back up! Back up! Back up!
退回去 他媽的我退回去 Back up! Back the fuck up!
那是第一次 That was the first moment
覺得自己要死了 that I thought I was going to die.
這些來自沒有被搜查到 The threat of a suicide bomber
自殺式爆炸者 or a lone wolf with a weapon...
或者拿著武器自殺者的威脅 I mean, none of these people were searched.
我不確定他們身上會不會帶著 I don't know what they had on them.
瞬間就可以把我們摧毀的什麼鬼 Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant.
不要開槍 不要開槍
我們感受到了數以千計平民的恐慌 We've got thousands of people panicked.
往那邊走 往那邊走
那邊 那邊
否則你的家人會被壓垮
這裏有一個家庭
去那裏 不然這個家就會被壓垮
在那人群中 我親眼所見到...
一個母親帶著兩個孩子 他們都死了...
她把他們留在那裏
她拉著丈夫和剩下的孩子的手說...
「離去吧 他們已經死了 我們走吧」
為了清空跑道給飛機開路 So to clear a path for the aircraft,
我們用了阿帕奇戰鬥直升機 we had Apaches
盡可能飛得低 essentially fly as low as they possibly could
把擋道的人推開 to physically push the people out of the way.
就是因為機場跑道被清空了 然後一架C-17落地了 Then a C-17 comes in, 'cause the airfield's open.
你可以從他們的眼睛裏看出來 所有人都瘋狂了 There's just mass hysteria. You could see in their eyes.
眼看著他們的人數馬上就要超過了我們 They just immediately overran us.
平民們把陸戰隊員推到一邊 翻過他們 They just pushed us aside, ran over marines,
拳打 腳踢 尖叫 punching, clawing, screaming.
我們不得不再次關閉了機場 We shut the airfield down again.
我們追著那架飛機跑...
留在阿富汗是不敢想像的
無論如何 我們不得不離開這個國家
飛機對他們來說就是希望的燈塔和自由 That's the beacon of hope and freedom to them.
他們認為他們只有爬上去才能逃出升天 They think they need to get on that to get out.
所以那時候我們要助跑一公里半的距離 And so now it's the long kilometer-and-a-half run back,
感覺像是我們在追所有的平民 you know, as we're chasing everybody.
我當時那刻想的就是... My position at that point was,
讓所有在我前面的人都退後 get the people in front of me back.
就是面對面的擊退 And it was just a straight brawl.
那個時間 我還在接收到無線電 You know, I'm still getting radio calls now
從指揮中心打來的 from the operations center, saying,
「嘿 機場不再開放了」 "Hey, the airfield is not open anymore."
「你要立即驅散這些平民」 "You need to get these people off."
我說 「好的 我會讓他們離開的」 I'm like, "I got it. We need to get the people off."
周圍都是平民 The people are just all around it,
我去到了飛行員 and I get up to where I know the pilot
能看到我的地方 would be able to see me if he looked over.
最後他就這樣用眼睛看著我 And he finally looked over like this,
用眼神在和我交流 我就... and he makes eye contact with me, and I just..
指著說「現在得走了」 I pointed at him, and I said, "You need to go now,"
他慢慢地開始駕駛移動那架C-17 and he very slowly started moving that C-17.
平民們試圖爬上了飛機 The people kind of climbed on the airplane.
也許他們認為這是他們離開這裏的辦法 Maybe they thought that was their way to get out
阿富汗戰爭就在C-17運輸機外面的那裏進行的 of Afghanistan was to ride on the outside of a C-17 somewhere.
C-17在加速起飛 I see the C-17 gaining speed.
就像遇到吵得不可開交的情況 And as, you know, we're kind of at each other's throats--
我們駐足觀望 it's one of this where we kind of stop and watch
C-17吸引了所有人的注意 as the C-17 captures the attention of the entire crowd
然後 所有一切都沉默了 and everything just goes silent.
有人從飛機上摔了下來
四五個人摔下來
飛機碾過其中兩人
當我看到屍體時 我開始顫抖
當我們看到這個 我們放棄了 回家去了
這讓整個情況都洩氣了 That kind of deflated the entire situation.
C-17終於飛走了 C-17 was finally gone.
那些人心態崩了 Those people had fallen.
也或許跑道上還一些人認為 Maybe some of the people on the ground there realized,
「好吧 肯定還有別的辦法」 "Okay, there's got to be another way,"
「他們只是現在不讓我們走」 "'cause they're not letting us out right now."
現在我們就要到最後了 So now we're getting to the end of...
真的 現在這個點應該已經一天半 really, it would have been a day and a half at this point,
越來越多的涌了過來 and more people started to come.
太陽開始落山了 The sun's starting to go down.
我們又幾次失去了機場的跑道 We've lost the airfield several more times.
對於每一個指揮官, For every commander,
其實你永遠不應該告訴你的隊員你也不知道該做什麼 you never want to tell your men you don't know what to do.
但在那一刻 我真的不知道該做什麼 In that moment, I had no idea what to do.
我接到一個無線電 I get a call on the radio.
一個來幫助我們撤離的 They call and tell me that we're gonna partner
阿富汗特種部隊打電話來 with an Afghan special forces unit
尋求協助 who's gonna come help us.
我在想 「這太好了」 I'm thinking, "This is great."
「好吧 這是一支本土部隊」 "Okay, this is a host nation force"
「瞭解當地風俗 說當地語言」 "that knows this culture, speaks this language."
「他們會有幫助的」 "They're gonna help out."
真的 現在我需要人手 Really, at this point, I just need extra people.
我不在乎是誰 I don't care who it is.
阿富汗部隊 The Afghan unit that was there,
他們為了把人弄下飛機 the way they got the people off
用碾壓 射殺平民 to get the point was just running everyone over and shooting them.
他們殺了平民 They killed them.
我在遠處看著 I watched from afar.
這時天已經黑了 It was dark at this point,
所以我只能看到有人被車碾了 有人中槍了 so I could only see who was getting run over and shot
有人被汽車碾壓了 by a vehicle headlight.
那是一個非常非常可怕的場景 That was a horrific, horrific scene.
還有人在機場被就地槍決了 There was people getting executed on the airfield,
看到這一切真是太可怕了 and it was horrible to see that happen.
但這樣確實清空了機場 But it cleared out the airfield.
那支阿富汗部隊 And that Afghan unit,
他們的到來肅清了機場跑道 their arrival's what quelled the airfield.
如果他們不來的話 我不知道跑道上還會發生什麼 I don't know what would have happened on the airfield if they wouldn't have come.
那天晚上和第二天早上 That night and that next morning,
不再有大批人群聚集 there were no more large crowds.
八月十七日
我們決定開新聞發佈會...
因為人們恐懼地等待 或跑到機場逃離阿富汗
人們擔心自己的生命安全
在新聞發佈會上 我試圖直接與人們交談
沒什麼好怕的 不要逃離這個國家 所有的仇恨都結束了
最高領袖已下令寬恕所有反對我們的人
他們都會被原諒
在機場等候的家庭 害怕 準備逃跑 現在應該回家了
沒有人去追捕他們 也不會傷害他們
婦女問題很重要
伊斯蘭酋長國根據伊斯蘭教法保護婦女權利
我們保證 不會有對她們有任何暴力行為
我們不允許歧視
當穆賈希德聖戰者舉行新聞發布會時...
他說「我們來了 我們控制著阿富汗...」
「我們讓女性工作 穿任何你想穿的衣服」
但事實並非如此
2016年 我開始擔任社會問題記者 接著我成了新聞主播
塔利班來的時候 我打電話給我的同事...
我問我要不要去工作
他們說 「不 這是有風險的 他們不想讓女人在這裏」
當政權更迭時 我想繼續工作
我想要保持堅強...
但即使我有身份證明 他們也不會讓我通過
但所有男性員工能夠進去
他們威脅我說「你不能在這裏工作 這是一個新政府」
當我在推特上發布這個視頻 沒想到會傳播得這麼快
然後我收到了英國政府的提議 說...
「我們要保存你的命 你必須離開阿富汗 那個視頻讓你成為目標」
我父親在英國大使館工作
我們知道如果塔利班發現他在那裹工作...
可以殺死他和我全家
我是婦女事務代理部長 I was the acting minister for women's affairs.
有人告訴我 I was told that,
「如果你不走的話」 "If you do not leave"
「在接下來的三天裏」 "in the coming three days,"
「你會被刺殺的」 "you will be assassinated."
就在那時 我決定離開這個國家 And that is when I decided to leave the country.
今天是17日了 We're getting into the 17th.
機場跑道開放著 The airfield's open.
現在有更多的海軍陸戰隊員來了 More marines are starting to come in now.
我們開始在便於出入的外部大門 We start establishing security at some of the outer gates
設置安全設施 where we're gonna start processing operations,
好比 通過這些門 i.e., pull in people
讓指定的人進來 through these gates
送他們去門終點 and move them to the terminal
然後核對清楚 to process to then
把他們送上飛機 put them on planes,
正式開始撤離行動 you know, to formally start the evacuation.
我們有三個這樣的點 And we were gonna have three processing points:
北門和東門 North Gate and East Gate,
還有一個艾比門 and then Abbey Gate was the other one.
還有比我們想像中多得多的人 And there were many, many more people
想要越過那幾扇門 trying to come through than we thought.
運輸機調來了更多的部隊 We started getting more forces in off the planes.
但門外也聚集了越來越多像潮涌的人群 The sea of humans just started to appear outside the gates.
另外兩扇門情況暫時還沒有變糟 The other gates hadn't got bad yet.
退後 退後 Push back. Push back.
退後 你得後退 Push back! You need to back up!
你們不用再問了 You need to stop asking the marines,
你們需要後退 you need to back up,
你們需要有序 and you need to get in order!
你們這樣沒用 This is not going to work!
一旦我們到達大門 Once we got to those gates,
我們暫時還不能開始接納平民 we couldn't start accepting people in yet
因為我們沒有適合方案 because we didn't have the tactics available
打開大門的 to be able to work the gates.
我們必須讓人站到 We had to get people in place.
足夠深的地方來保護大門 We had to get depth in place to protect the gate.
我們必須檢查我們的位置 We were checking on our positions,
挖好陣地 以防我們再次遭到塔利班的襲擊 dug in, in case we took fire from the Taliban again.
那裹只有塔利班
太瘋狂了 喲 It's crazy, yo.
- 我們要出去 - 好 - We're going out. - Good.
在那刻 我們的高層指揮 Our higher echelons of command,
我們的將軍和上將 our generals and our admirals,
在和塔利班領導人聯繫 were interacting with the Taliban leadership at that point.
他們在為我們及時撤離設定條件 They were setting conditions for us to get out on time.
「31日 你們撤離」 "31st, you're out of here."
我們收到了各種各樣的請求 We're getting all sorts of requests coming down,
而這次是來自高層的 and this one's coming from the top.
有人告訴我 「嘿 我們現在和塔利班合作了」 I'm being told, "Hey, we're working with the Taliban now."
和塔利班合作 Working with the Taliban?
我剛殺了幾個塔利班 I just killed a bunch of Taliban.
你在說什麼 What are you talking about?
與塔利班達成了一項協議 A deal with the Taliban had been struck.
所以我們和這些鬼達成了一種怪異的准和平 So we had this weird quasi-peace with these guys.
他們負責外部安保 They're doing outer security.
我們負責內部安保 守住大門 We're doing inner security, holding the gate.
塔利班就在人群裏 Taliban are there with the people.
形勢就在我們眼前發生著戲劇性的變化 The dynamic was changing right before our eyes.
這讓我很震驚 It blew my mind, you know.
他們告訴我們 They told us, you know,
他們會幫我們 they're gonna help us
控制人群 with crowd control,
我們會喜歡的 and we're like,
「你是什麼意思」 "What do you mean?"
「你說我們和塔利班合作是什麼意思」 "What do you mean we're working with the Taliban?"
我簡直不敢相信 Like, I couldn't believe it.
他們是誰
塔利班
他媽的塔利班
就是塔利班
不要惹他們
不要射擊他們
我永遠不會忘記與塔利班 I'll never forget standing shoulder to shoulder
並肩作戰 with the Taliban
並交織著根深蒂固的仇恨的感覺 and the deep-seated feeling of hatred
當我看著他們的眼睛時 I had as I looked at him in his eyes
那種刺痛的感覺在我的脊椎上上下下 and the tingly feeling going up and down my spine
以及想要痛扁他們的本能 and the instinct to want to fight.
你能從的眼神看出來 You could tell it was in them as well.
他們對我們也沒有任何好感 They didn't look at us with any favor in their eyes.
我們的部隊離他們非常近
我已經和他們戰鬥了將近十三年
現在我看著他們在這裏的最後時刻...
被機場包圍 我們和他們之間只有鐵絲網
上帝保佑接下來的幾天我們會把他們完全趕出去
離開這個國家 這非常令人興奮
我們告訴美國人要小心聖戰者...
因為許多人被美國人折磨...
我們擔心他們可能會開火或炸毀一切...
整個停火將崩潰
我是駐阿富汗的美國大使 My function was that of the American ambassador to Afghanistan.
我到機場後 我們開始思考 After I got to the airport, we were able to contemplate
如何應對 the crowds outside now
外面的人群 and how to deal with them
以及如何讓需要疏散的人及時撤離出 and how to get those that we want to evacuate
出了這個國家 怎麼可以實現這一點 out of the country, how to make that happen.
海軍陸戰隊考慮的是安全 So the marines are just trying to figure out security,
就好比說 and when I say that, I mean, like,
三十個陸戰隊員在那裏應付著三千平民 it's 30 marines there against 3,000 people pushing.
是我們沒有預料到的 What we didn't anticipate
那徹底絕望 恐懼 was the sheer desperation and fear
和期望著讓他們 and willingness of the people to put themselves
冒著巨大的風險 at tremendous risk
讓自己和家人 to get themselves and their families
逃離阿富汗 out of Afghanistan.
我們他媽的在幹什麼 What the fuck are we doing?
好吧 第一 Okay, number one!
動起來 退回去 Let's go! Push back!
退回去 退回去! Push back! Push back!
這就像每時每刻都在戰鬥 It was a fight every minute of every single day.
因為如果他們破門而入 'Cause if they broke through the gate
到了機場跑道 我們的任務就失敗了 and got onto the airfield, like, we fail our mission.
退後 退後 Back up! Back up!
退後 Back up!
退後 Back the fuck up!
都他媽的給我退後 Back the fuck up! Back the fuck up!
退後 Get back!
退後 Back up!
我們走 我們走 Let's go, let's go.
一旦我們建造好了大門 Once we established the gates,
那考驗才是真正開始的時候 that's when the grind really began.
我們得想辦法 We had to figure out how to work these gates.
在打開這些門之前 How can we open the gate,
讓一些人接受核查 let a few people in to get screened and processed,
然後在門關上前 既不會被射殺 and then shut the gate without losing it,
也不會被人群淹沒 without the flood coming?
家人要團結在一起 家庭團結在一起 Families stick together! Families stick together!
後退 Back up!
給我退後 Back the fuck up.
來吧 起來來吧 起來 Come on, get up. Come on, get up.
所以當我們開始檢查大門時 So when we started working the gates,
那真的是一場災難 that's when the human disaster
整個行動的開端 of this entire operation started.
當你有數英里計的人群 When you have miles of people
肩並肩 互相壓著 shoulder to shoulder, on top of each other,
他們只是坐在那裏等著輪到他們 they're just sitting there waiting to get their turn
通過大門 to go through the gate.
地面上的情況 The situation on the ground is, like, something
是在我從軍經歷中從未經歷過的 like I've never experienced before in any of my deployments.
你知道 這可能是 And, you know, we just did the best
我們能做的最好的了 that we possibly could.
守在門的日常生活並不乾淨 Daily life on those gates wasn't clean.
它很髒 It was dirty.
充滿了壓力 It was stress-filled.
扶他起來 Get him up.
起來 Get up!
不 回來 回來 No, get back! Get back!
回來 回來 Get back! Get back!
在那裏所看到的讓我非常震驚
婦女和兒童...
我只是為他們感到可怕
在美國撤離期間 阿富汗人遭受了巨大的痛苦
他們又餓又渴 而且情況令人震驚
當我們去艾比門時
酷熱難耐 我看到許多人死於熱和飢餓
當我們去機場的時候 我們來到了艾比門 When we went to the airport, we came to Abbey Gate.
塔利班站在那裏 Taliban were standing there.
我們害怕成為攻擊目標 We were afraid of being targeted.
我們下來的時候 電也停了 We came down, there was no electricity,
所以那很好 因為天很黑 so it was good because it was dark.
沒人能看見我們 No one could see us.
太擁擠了 你會說 It was so crowded that you would say
感覺空氣中沒有氧氣 there is no oxygen in the air.
我要走了 我不知道要多久...
所以我想帶上我的姐弟
那天 我們非常難過向父母道別
我們都傷心欲絕
我親吻了母親的額頭
我不知道我的家人是否能生存
在喀布爾最後一天我親吻母親的額頭是最痛苦的記憶
我想知道我能否再握住她的手...
或再親吻我的母親
這是最痛苦的事情
我們馬上出發去機場
我們從未離開過父母到國外旅行過
嘿 Hey!
嘿 嘿 Hey! Hey!
我從沒聽過這麼近的槍聲
我想「下一顆子彈 我會失去耳朵或鼻子」
走吧 回來 走吧 走吧 Go! Get back! Go! Go!
回來 回來 Get back! Get back!
你得往那邊走 You need to go that way!
我們等著 不顧一切地想進入機場...
希望不要被子彈擊中
我們用的是非致命的 We were using nonlethal munitions,
防暴控制武器 riot control weapons.
回來 Get back!
我們採取侵略性策略 We were aggressive.
對安保採取了非常強硬的立場 We took a very aggressive stance with our security.
回來 走吧 Get back! Go!
催淚瓦斯 CS gas.
再給我點 Rounds?
霰彈槍射出的橡膠子彈 Rubber bullets fired from shotguns.
誰開槍打你
兄弟 是外國人開槍射我
我們撿起一具屍體 他們就對我這樣做了
嘿 嘿 Hey, hey!
我們需要閃光彈 我們需要非致命手榴彈 We need flash-bangs. We need nonlethal grenades.
我家就在機場旁邊
我在那裏賣水
他們在那裏度過了一夜又一夜
有這麼多人 無處可睡
每個人都在四處走動或像站立一樣...
試圖靠近大門
有孩子被踐踏
一個孩子和一個老人被催淚彈擊中死亡
這是有史以​​來最糟糕的感覺
我們和周圍的每個人都在逃命
你無法動彈呼吸困難
太可怕了
一些家庭放棄嘗試進入機場 說...
「不值得為此而死 我們不會離開...」
「我們可能因為試圖離開而死去...」
「我們可能被殺」
媽媽 我想回家
人們筋疲力盡 情緒激動
我去了機場 I went to the airport,
因為不確定是否能 and it was not sure whether you will be able
到達門那裏 to get to the gate or not.
所以我們回來了 So we returned.
但是那裏發生的場景會永遠留在我的腦海裏 But that scene will always remain in my mind.
如果你有護照 你應該走那邊 If you have a passport, you got to go that way.
如果你有護照 往那邊走 If you have a passport, go that way.
- 不 等等 - 起來 回去 - No, wait. - Get up! Get back!
回去 回去 Get back. Get back.
門外有些信 You know, there was some letter
來自國務院 that the Department of State
散發給老百姓的 was supposed to send out to people.
但我們很快意識到 每個人拿著的信 But we quickly realized that everyone
是發給所有人 was just AirDropping that letter
複印的或者截屏 or screenshotting a picture of that letter
那封信的圖片 and sending it to everyone,
因為上面沒有具體的人名 'cause it didn't have, like, specific people's names on it.
你有一些人 有些人 And you got people, and some of them are,
你知道 對我們大喊 「幫幫我 我有這張紙」 you know, yelling at us, "Help me. I have this paper."
「我有這封大使館的信」 "I have this letter from the embassy."
有些人給我們看了身份證 但那不是真的身份證 Some of them are showing us ID but it's not the right ID.
有些人給我們看了真的身份證 那些真實的 Some of them are showing us ID that's right,
我們會提供幫助 「來吧」 and we help them, like, "Come on."
「跳過來」 "Jump over."
但那些拿著假證的 我們必須讓他們離開 But these other ones, who we have to make leave
因為他們沒有這個許可 because, you know, they don't have that requirement,
你知道 我們該怎麼辦 you know, what do we do?
我們得逼他們翻牆回去 We got to force them over that wall.
我們有女人 孩子 We've got women, children
懇求 哭泣 尖叫 pleading, crying, screaming,
「拜託 先生 你知道 塔利班會殺了我的」 "Please mister, you know, the Taliban will kill me."
幫幫我 我想幫助我的家人
塔利班要來我家了
拜託
那些他們想擺脫的事 The stuff they went through,
就像他們試圖擺脫那些門的禁錮 like trying to get through those gates,
我想像不出他們的感受 like, I can't imagine how they felt
在門的另一邊 on the other side of the gate.
你要面對的是 You're dealing with people who,
渾身是血的平民 you know, blood all over them.
他們可能中槍或受傷了 They could have possibly, like, been shot or hurt,
也可能他們已經在外面站了好幾天了 or they've been standing out there for days
他們沒有水 沒有食物 and they have no water, they have no food,
他們是...你知道 他們會... and they're... you know, they're...
他們會保持一直如此 They're going on themselves,
因為他們無處可去 like, there 'cause there's nowhere for them to go.
當你走到門那裏 熱和那種氣味 When you go to a gate, the heat and the smell
會深深撞擊到你的心靈 would just hit you.
除了艾比門 每扇門都恨難聞 Every gate kind of smelled bad, but Abbey Gate,
這絕對是最糟糕的 it was definitely the worst.
他們站在... And they're standing in...
那是個污水渠 I think it was a sewage canal, you know?
如果我們真的把他們放在渠裏 They're standing in shit and piss, you know?
他們就站在屎和尿裏 And that's the stuff that if we did pull them in,
這就是我們把他們拉出來的原因 you know, that's what we pulled them out of, you know?
如果我們把它們扔出去 那渠就是他們去的地方 If we threw them out, that's what we threw them into.
我們落水渠 在那裏站了四個小時
污水來到這裏 到處都是垃圾
人們站在裏面 只是為了逃避和生存
現在人人都為自己著想 It's every man for himself right now,
只是想拯救自己 just trying to save themselves.
看到人們被送進來， Seeing people come in, like, just, you know,
他們沒能挺過來 他們死了 they didn't make it, they're dead, and,
我們處理了所有的事情 you know, we dealt with everything.
你知道 孩子們被推來推去 被碾碎 You know, children being pushed around, mushed
因為他們被困在人群中 'cause they're just caught in the crowd.
小孩穿過防禦網送到我們這裏 受傷的 垂死的 流血的 They come through us injured, hurt, dying, bleeding.
有些人在那裏呆了三天 四天 五天 Some people had been there three, four, five days
隨著行動的繼續 他們仍然留在那裏 as the operation continued, and yet they stayed there.
女人就在我們面前生孩子 Women were having their babies right in front of us.
一些家庭把他們的孩子交出來 Families just handing their babies over,
然後走掉了 you know, and giving up and walking...
試著離開 試著往後退 you know, trying to walk away, trying to move back,
「留著孩子吧」 you know, "Just save this."
而這只是數百例中的一例 That was one instance of a hundred
被遺棄的孩子 of children getting passed over.
看到這些新生兒我很難過 這些孩子 And it's sad seeing these newborns, these kids just...
有些女人抱著死去的孩子 some of these women carrying their dead babies
因為孩子們死在他們的懷裏 because they died in their arms, you know,
他們試圖通過大門 with them trying to come through the gate.
進來 And, you know, like,
他們把孩子交給我們 they kind of hand us their baby,
「你想讓我怎麼處理」 and it's like, "What do you want me to do with this?"
這種情況對我們來說已經很常見了 You know, it became normal for us,
這說起來有點可悲 and that's kind of sad to say.
我隊裏的一些女孩 她們... You know, some of the girls on my team, you know, they...
她們可能一輩子也不會忘記那些場景 Like, you know, I highly doubt they would ever forget that.
被送進來剛出生的孤兒 The orphans that would come through
他們的父母在人群中死去了 whose parents died out in the crowd--
有許多男人和女人在大門後面 we had numerous men and women behind the gates
在嬰兒的帳篷裏 in the search tents just caring for infants,
照顧孩子 caring for toddlers
而他們的父母永遠無法通過這道門 that their parents would never make it through the gate.
部分孩子來的時候有些已經和家人走散了 Some of them had been dislocated from their families.
他們不知道父母在那裏 They didn't know where their parents were
他們的父母沒可能進來 'cause their parents didn't make it through, you know?
昨晚開始 我沒見過我媽媽 她迷了路
她會來的 她會回來的
接下來的幾天 我們開始 The next few days, we started to get
接送平民過門 the people through the gates.
請這邊走 Go this way, please.
走吧 沒問題 你沒問題了 Let's go. You're good. You're good. You got it.
請往這邊走 Keep going this way, please.
走吧 這邊走 Let's go, come on, this way.
走吧 沒問題 Let's go. You're good.
你沒問題 走吧 You're good. You got it. Let's go.
所以我們有國務院領事館 So we had Department of State consulates
他們在為每個人核實文件 that were verifying papers for everybody that was
剛開始的時候 coming through at the start,
我們試著讓人們進去 where we would try to get people in,
檢查他們 讓他們通過 把他們送到終點站 screen them, get them through, get them to the terminal
這樣他們就可以飛出去了 so they could fly out.
你 準備好了嗎 Yo, ready?
門只能打開幾英呎 The gate would open up only a few feet
讓人們通過 to allow people through.
這邊 This way, please.
你沒問題的 You're okay.
謝謝你 Thank you.
因為我有文件和郵件 Because I had the paper and the emails,
一個士兵說 a soldier called.
「好吧 你可以來」 He said, "Okay, you can come."
他說「你安全了」 He said, "You are in safe hands."
我們成功了 We made it.
我們在那裏待了四天 試圖通過大門
士兵們把我們趕出了水渠...
並帶我們去機場
我希望他們不用逃離自己國家 自己土地
我希望他們能分享我們的勝利和美國的失敗
這是一個非常悲慘的情況 It was a very sad situation.
他們要離開自己的國家 一無所有 They're leaving their country, you know, with nothing.
我很同情他們 I definitely empathized with them,
因為我無法想像 'cause I could never imagine having to, you know,
離開我的人生 所有我付出一切的的 leave my entire life, everything that I've worked
真的好難 把它拋在身後... so hard for, leave it behind and...
祈禱著能搭上飛機 try to hope and freakin' pray that I get on a plane
離開這個國家 to get out of the country.
當我們進去時他們已搜查了我們
他們把身份證明手鐲戴在我們的手腕上
當我們上飛機時
機上有這麼多人
我的弟妹和我在一起
那晚我們充滿了悲傷...
因為我們經歷了一切才能到達那裏
思緒充斥著我的腦海...
我們勉強通過 以及它有多可怕
我離開的時候 The circumstances that I left,
這是生死攸關的事 it was a matter of life and death.
你離開了一個你從未想過會離開的地方 You leave a place where you never think you'll leave.
但你離開是因為你活不下去了 But you leave it because you can't live.
在操作中心有追蹤器 You've got the tracker. You're in the operations center.
記錄著我們幫助了多少平民 We're documenting how many citizens that we've helped.
大概是數以十萬計左右 It's a hundred-something thousand.
威脅也同時上升了 And threat reporting is starting to increase at this point too.
我們知道如果其中一扇門被自殺式炸彈襲擊者盯上的話 We know that one of these gates is being targeted. Suicide bomber, something.
後果不堪設想 Something's gonna happen.
他們害怕那裏有炸彈
接下來的四十八小時內有可能會被伊斯蘭國襲擊
他們是針對我們還是針對人群
還是同時針對我們和人群呢...
這樣會讓每個人都吃不消
伊斯蘭國的威脅報告越來越多 ISIS threat reporting had become greater and greater
所以每個人都處於觸發邊緣 in volume, and so everybody is really on a trigger edge.
- 低一點, - 你 - Push down. - Fuck, man.
天啊 Holy shit.
北門和東門 North Gate and East Gate
沿路是直接暴露在外 were along roads directly exposed
最糟糕的事情隨時可能發生 to the worst thing that could have happened.
那是一輛 That was a vehicle,
能裝這麼多 improvised explosive device, you know,
簡易爆炸裝置的車 where you can just pack so much explosive
到這些事情 into those things.
到這兒來 Get on line over here.
來吧 我們走 Come on, let's go.
那邊 我們快走 Over there, let's fucking go.
是那輛車 Which car is it?
- 他們怎樣知道這是汽車炸彈
- 他們怎樣知道這是汽車炸彈 - 陸軍情報
這是不好的這是非常糟糕的 This is bad. This is very bad.
這是非常糟糕的 下來 This is very bad. Get down.
- 臥倒 - 臥倒 - Get down! - Get down!
- 臥倒 - 你們都趴下 - Get down! - You all get down!
下來 Get down!
我不喜歡那輛卡車 I don't fucking like that truck.
- 嗯 - 我不喜歡這些卡車 - Huh? - I don't like how these trucks
都走得這麼慢 are moving so slow.
我們收到了有關伊斯蘭國的情報...
他們計劃用自殺式汽車炸彈襲擊機場
八月二十六日
塔利班接管政權十一天後
我們在北門和東門加強了防衛 We took stronger measures at North Gate and East Gate
那天 26號 that day, on the 26th,
因為報告開始增多 because the reporting had started to increase.
我個人不再覺得舒服 I personally no longer felt comfortable,
所以我們決定不再讓人通過這些大門 so we kind of made the decision to stop bringing people in
進入機場 through those gates.
北門和東門 The North and the East Gate
停止處理檢查人員進入 stopped processing individuals.
人群開始在艾比門那裏騷動起來 I think more people started to inadvertently flow
因為他們意識到 to the Abbey Gate because they still realized
那扇門還開著的 that that was open.
每個人都背著背包 Everybody had a backpack on them,
考慮非常困難偵察到自殺炸彈的威脅， so it's very difficult, given a threat like that,
因為那個時候 每個人都是威脅 because everybody is a threat at that point.
當我們走近門口前面的下水渠...
發生了大爆炸
他們中可能有簡易爆炸裝置的人 They're saying there may be a potential IED.
過了一會兒 他們就開始說 A little while goes on and they clear us.
「嘿 我們會保持前進」 They're like, "Hey, we're gonna keep pushing people through."
我們就想「什麼鬼」 And we're like, "What the fuck?"
我們後退了一點 但不是很多 We backed up a little bit, not much, you know,
因為他們持續有人過來 because, you know, they're still sending people through.
這點讓我覺得不舒服 I'm uncomfortable the whole time.
炸彈爆炸了...
我大約在五十公尺外
一名婦女的頭顱被分離 卡在鐵絲網圍欄上
那是一場屠殺 It was carnage,
我從未見過的東西 something like I had never seen before.
你看到海軍陸戰隊被撕碎了 You see marines that are torn up.
你知道 你看到很多人在做這件事 You know, you see multiple people doing this,
你知道他們正在努力 and you know they're working on them.
他們在做紗布 They're doing the gauze.
我當時在簡易爆炸裝置的爆炸區域內 I was within the blast zone of the IED.
我看到閃光 感覺到了熱量 I saw the flash and felt the heat.
爆炸把我擊倒了 It knocked me down,
我的右側被一塊彈片擊中 and I received a piece of shrapnel in my right side.
很多海軍陸戰隊員和士兵 A lot of the marines and sailors
就在我正前方 that were directly in front of me
海軍陸戰隊員和士兵被殺了 were my marines and sailors that were killed.
直接的後果是 In the immediate aftermath,
槍聲響起 there was gunfire that erupted.
我聽到槍響了 I heard rounds going off.
那是門上守衛的海軍陸戰隊在開槍 That was some of the marines on the gate firing out,
因為簡易爆炸裝置從來不單獨出現 because an IED never comes alone.
這與地面攻擊有關 That comes with a ground attack.
這與狙擊手的襲擊有關 That comes with a sniper attack.
總有一些事情要發生 There's always something coming with it.
你守住自己的位置 讓自己很難被擊殺 You harden your position. You make yourself hard to kill.
他們槍殺了很多人
美國人嚇壞了 所以他們開槍打死了所有人
爆炸距離我們80-100米
當他們開槍時 我們看到子彈傷了他們的身體
哦 我的女兒
他們向我開槍
當我們到那裏時 它瘋了...
人們四處散開
很多人被炸跌入下水道...
其他人被困在鐵絲網中
離我們五六米遠的渠發生爆炸
我想我有一兩分鐘沒有意識
當我醒來時 我滿口污水...
當我站起來時 我的衣服頭髮都有碎肉
我的三個兄弟被殺了
他們的頭部有大片傷口
伊斯蘭國組織事後聲稱對此次襲擊事件負責
十三名美國軍方人員犧牲
超過一百七十名阿富汗平民死亡
美國人撤退到機場
他們鎖上大門離開了
現在 沒有人可以進入
晚上的氣味是如此糟糕 我們無法入睡
因為到處都是肉 狗也來吃它
門關了 The gates are closed.
我們不再接收更多的人了 We're no longer taking any more people in.
所以我們僅負責處理機場裏的人 So the people that are on the base that we've processed in,
我們的工作就變成了這些， our job then becomes them,
用飛機把他們弄出來 to get them on a plane to get them out.
你好 你好 Hello, hello.
謝謝你的幫助 夥計 Thanks for your help, man.
謝謝你的合作 Thank you for being cooperative.
- 謝謝 - 謝謝 謝謝你 - Thank you. - Thank you. Thank you.
就這樣 菲尼托 That's it, finito.
我們做到了 We did it.
日子非常接近8月31日了 We're rapidly approaching 31 August.
混亂要結束了 The chaos was kind of really over.
你肯定覺得我們不再受歡迎了 Certainly you got the feeling we weren't welcome anymore.
是時候離開了 It was time to get out,
當塔利班在門口說 you know, as the Taliban were on the doorstep saying,
「31日了 你們可以滾了」 "31st, you're out of here."
過去的幾天我們開始對軍用設備實施摧毀 The destruction plan went into full effect those last couple days.
我們破壞了所有敏感設備 We were destroying any sensitive equipment,
所有的軍事裝備 trying to render all the military equipment
確保塔利班無法再使用 unusable for the Taliban.
有點變成了一場混戰 It kind of turned into a free-for-all a little bit,
打碎窗戶 the smashing out windows,
破壞車輛 破壞傢俱 breaking vehicles, breaking furniture.
嘿 Hey!
我們準備登機了 We're getting ready to get on the flight,
這太超現實了 and it's just so surreal.
我不知道我為什麼哭 I don't know why I'm crying.
我只是希望 And I'm just hoping, like,
「夥計 求你了 讓我們離開這裏吧」 "Man, please let us, like, just get out of here."
我們做到了 飛機一起飛 And, you know, we did, and once that plane took off,
我就想「天啊 結束了」 I'm just like, "Oh, my God, it's over."
這是最好的感覺 It was the best feeling.
這是偉大的 It was great.
這是最後一天 It was the last day.
我的部隊是在阿富汗留到了最後 You know, my unit was the last
的海軍安全部隊 marine security unit in Afghanistan.
在我看來 我認為這是一個時代的終結 This is an end of an era, and in my opinion, I think,
我們為阿富汗平民做了很多好事 you know, we did a lot of good for a lot of people
當然也給那個國家帶來了很多東西 and certainly brought a lot of things to that country.
但讓塔利班再次接管 But to have the Taliban take it over again, that's...
這總是很難的 that's always gonna be hard, always.
我們就像那些被疏散的人一樣 We were packed in just like evacuees,
不是很舒服 so it wasn't very comfortable.
但我們只是盡量不讓你思緒太多 But we just tried to not let your mind wander too much.
所以你擦乾淨你的武器 So you clean your weapon.
回去反思一下我們剛剛做了什麼 Get back and reflect on what we had just done.
我的美國同胞們 My fellow Americans,
阿富汗戰爭已經結束 the war in Afghanistan is now over.
這次任務的非凡成功 The extraordinary success of this mission
多虧了他們高超的技巧和勇氣 was due to the incredible skill, bravery,
以及美國軍隊無私的勇氣 and selfless courage of the United States military
還有我們的外交官和情報人員 and our diplomats and intelligence professionals.
二十年了 20 years.
這顯然不是成功的戰爭 It's obviously not a success.
但我們必須接受我們沒能完成的事情 But we have to live with what we were not able to get done.
八月三十一日
本來的計劃是我搭最後一班飛機離開 The plan had been that I would be on the last flight out.
我們在午夜時分起飛 We took off around midnight.
很安靜 很憂鬱 I was pretty quiet and pretty somber.
我也很傷心 I was very sad.
如此之大的損失 Big loss.
最後...
一架飛機起飛
二十年的入侵...
這是結束
那天晚上 我拍攝了我的朋友
阿富汗伊斯蘭酋長國
萬歲
我們自由了 我們被佔領的阿富汗現在自由了
特種部隊將清理該地區
美國人半小時前剛到這裏
走 走
看起來很專業 我們在視頻上
大家幹得好
我看到了一場非常非常殘酷的戰爭 I saw a very, very brutal war.
數千人喪生 Thousands of people were killed.
作為一個阿富汗人 這對我來說是一個非常驕傲的時刻 As an Afghan, it was a very proud moment for me.
我知道我的朋友們 And I knew that my friends
不需要實施自殺式襲擊 will not need to conduct a suicide attack.
他們摧毀了飛機和汽車
他們沒有留下任何完好無損的東西
真是一團糟
二十年來 他們用現代設備摧毀我們 殺戮我們 壓迫我們
這是...
結束
2022年二月
我們的生活發生了很大變化
塔利班來的時候 所有幫助都停止了
人們破產了 沒有工作
我已經五個月沒有工作了 我待在家裏
我甚至賣掉了我的窗簾為我的孩子買麵包充飢
在我上飛機之前 我從來沒有想過要逃跑 或者成為難民
飛機起飛時...
我想 「現在我是難民了」
我們把一切都拋棄 我們的父母 我們的國家 一切
當你離家 生話 學習 朋友和國家...
你感到麻木
你不知道你要去那裏或未來會怎麼樣
當我上了飛機...
我只是覺得麻木 我想死...
或入睡
有很多人處於高危狀態 There were many people who were at high risk.
他們仍在阿富汗 They are still in Afghanistan.
我知道很多例子 但它們仍然被困 I know many examples, and they are still stuck.
所以形勢仍然是災難性的 So the situation is still disastrous.
阿富汗的生活已經改變 Life in Afghanistan has changed
很多關於婦女的 a lot of things for women.
這是一種非常糟糕的感覺 It's a very terrible feeling
當你看不清未來的時候 when you don't know about your future.
你一點都不知道 You don't have the slightest clue
明年會怎麼樣 what my next year
亦或者在阿富汗的明天會怎樣 or what my next day in Afghanistan will be.
我們唯一的選擇就是堅強 The only option that we have is to be strong
並接受未來帶給我們的一切 and to accept what will the future bring for us.
在喀布爾空運期間 有124000人被疏散 這是美國現代歷史上最大的空運
2022年7月 一份聯合國報告發現新的塔利班政府 嚴格限制婦女工作和教育 並殺害 折磨或監禁了數百名前敵人