25年后，一对阿富汗夫妇回顾了那次入侵。二十五年前的这周，美国入侵了阿富汗。对于StoryCorps，一对阿富汗夫妇讲述了他们在入侵之后以及最终美军撤离后的经历。文字稿米歇尔·马丁，主持人：现在是StoryCorps的时间，也是对25年前开始的美国在阿富汗战争的回忆。阿赫迈德·哈立德·努里上尉是一名阿富汗特种作战军官，曾与美军并肩作战。维达·萨贝尔曾在阿富汗总统府工作。一天晚上，努里意外出现在萨贝尔的家中，向她求婚。
25 years later an Afghan couple looks back at the invasion Twenty-five years ago this week, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. For StoryCorps, one Afghan couple offers an account of their experience after the invasion and eventual U.S. withdrawal. Transcript MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps and a remembrance of the U.S. war in Afghanistan that began 25 years ago. Captain Ahmad Khalid Noori was an Afghan special operations officer fighting alongside U.S. troops. Wida Saber worked in Afghanistan's presidential palace. One night, Noori showed up unexpectedly at Saber's home to ask for her hand in marriage.
阿赫迈德·哈立德·努里：在我们的文化中，家庭在婚前收到求婚并决定接受或拒绝是很常见的。
AHMAD KHALID NOORI: In our culture, it's very common for families to receive the proposed before marriage and to either accept or deny.
维达·萨贝尔：而我妈妈当时拒绝了你。我父亲曾在军队服役，我13岁时失去了父亲。我妈妈在想，我的女儿会因为这个和阿富汗特种部队一起工作的男人而成为寡妇。努里：但我一直再三地请求。萨贝尔：而我妈妈还是拒绝了你。努里：但随后阿富汗崩溃了。
WIDA SABER: And my mom said no to you. My father served in the military, and I lost my dad when I was 13 years old. My mom, she's thinking, my daughter will become a widow because this man working with the Afghan special forces. NOORI: And I kept asking again and again. SABER: And my mom said no to you. NOORI: But then Afghanistan collapsed.
萨贝尔：我记得你给我妈妈打电话，你说我想明天就和维达结婚，因为我们为政府工作。如果塔利班发现我们，他们肯定会杀死我们。努里：是的。
SABER: I remember you called my mom, and you said, I want to marry Wida tomorrow because we work with the government. If the Taliban find us, definitely, they will kill us. NOORI: Yes.
萨贝尔：于是我们安排了第二天晚上的婚礼。我除了记得自己一直说“是，是，是，是”之外，什么都不记得了。之后，我们成为夫妻。第二天，你说，维达，我们应该去机场。我们只带了一个包，里面有手机、护照和文件。我记得每一个塔利班检查站，我尽力用罩袍遮住脸，我很担心塔利班会抓住你。我们很幸运逃脱了那样的命运。
SABER: And we organized the marriage for the next evening. I did not remember nothing, only that I said, yes, yes, yes, yes. And after that, we become a husband and wife. And the next day, you said, Wida, we should go to the airport. We only had one bag with our phone, passport and documents. I remember every Taliban checkpoints as much as I can, I try to cover my face by burqa, and I was so worried if Taliban capture you. We were lucky to escape that.
努里：我们到达美国的第一天，我记得我当时真的很崩溃。失去我的国家是我一生中最悲伤的事件。
NOORI: The very first day, when we got here in the United States, I remember I was really broken. Losing my country was the very saddest event of my life.
萨贝尔：是的。我记得那些艰难的日子。但幸运的是，在这段新生活中，我们有了一个女儿，她让我的心、我的思想、我的灵魂都非常平静。
SABER: Yes. I remember those tough days. But, luckily, during this new life, we blessed with a daughter, and she makes my heart, my mind, my soul very calm.
努里：是的。当我度过艰难的一天回到家时，看到她露出两颗牙齿的笑容，这帮助我忘记了艰难。她现在是我们的动力。作为一个男人、一个丈夫，现在作为一个父亲，我感到非常自豪。而我今天之所以坚韧不拔、继续前行、不放弃的原因，正是因为你。
NOORI: Yes. When I have a tough day and I get back home and I see her with two teeth smiling, that helped me to forget what was hard. She's our cause now. I feel very proud as a man, a husband, now as a dad. And the reason why I am resilient today, why I continue to move forward and not give up, it's because of you.
马丁：阿赫迈德·哈立德·努里和威达·萨贝尔。他们与3岁的女儿一起住在弗吉尼亚州。他们的采访已被国会图书馆存档。使用条款和权限页面，以获取更多信息。
MARTIN: Ahmad Khalid Noori and Wida Saber. They live in Virginia with their 3-year-old daughter. Their interview is archived at the Library of Congress. terms of use permissions pages at for further information.
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