据报道，塔利班在裁定角膜移植违反伊斯兰教义后，已叫停阿富汗的角膜移植手术。这一决定使数百名本已面临专科医疗资源匮乏的患者失去恢复视力的手术机会。
The Taliban has reportedly halted corneal transplants in Afghanistan after ruling that the procedure violates Islamic teachings. The decision threatens access to sight-restoring surgery for hundreds of patients already facing limited specialist care.
据《每日电讯报》报道，角膜移植手术本可让因爆炸、工伤事故和多年冲突而失明的人重见光明，但塔利班裁定该手术违反伊斯兰教义，阿富汗已停止实施这一手术。
A procedure that could restore sight to people blinded by explosions, workplace accidents and years of conflict has been halted in Afghanistan after the Taliban ruled that corneal transplants violate Islamic teachings, The Telegraph reported.
禁令扰乱了喀布尔和贾拉拉巴德的手术开展，此前一个由慈善机构资助的项目已开始在这两地提供捐赠角膜并培训当地专科医生。医生警告，这一决定可能使数百名患者无法获得治疗，而该国本已面临医务人员短缺以及多年冲突对医疗体系造成的破坏。
The ban has disrupted operations in Kabul and Jalalabad, where a charity-backed programme had begun providing donated corneas and training local specialists. Doctors warn that the decision could leave hundreds of patients without access to treatment in a country already struggling with shortages of medical professionals and years of conflict-related damage to its health care system.
角膜移植手术是指用捐赠组织替换眼睛透明前层中受损或病变的组织，以改善或恢复视力。
A corneal transplant involves replacing damaged or diseased tissue in the eye's clear front layer with donated tissue to improve or restore vision.
最新指令是塔利班自2021年8月重新掌权以来实施的限制措施的又一延伸，其影响已超出妇女权利和教育领域，波及基本医疗服务的获取。
The latest directive adds to the restrictions imposed by the Taliban since returning to power in August 2021, extending their impact beyond women's rights and education to access to essential health care.
禁令粉碎重见光明的希望。对于那些数月来一直期盼恢复视力的患者来说，这道命令推翻了他们的治疗计划。
BAN DASHES HOPES OF REGAINING SIGHT For patients who had spent months hoping to regain their sight, the order has overturned plans for treatment.
喀布尔努尔眼科医院的努尔·扎曼·哈希姆医生表示，在该项目被暂停之前，他的团队近几个月已实施了90例角膜移植手术。这家医院如今面临等待名单不断加长的问题，名单上主要是因爆炸、身体外伤和焊接事故而视力受损的年轻人。
Dr Noor Zaman Hashim of Noor Eye Hospital in Kabul said his team had performed 90 corneal transplants in recent months before the programme was suspended. The hospital now faces a growing waiting list, largely made up of young people whose eyesight was damaged by explosions, physical injuries and welding accidents.
报道援引他的话说：“数十年的暴力摧毁了阿富汗的医疗基础设施。我们既没有足够的眼科医生，也没有本地可用的角膜来满足移植需求。”
"Decades of violence have devastated Afghanistan’s healthcare infrastructure. We neither have sufficient ophthalmologists nor locally available corneas to meet the demand for transplants," he said, as quoted in the report.
他说：“塔利班已口头指示我们停止移植手术。由于可能面临严厉惩罚，没有人敢违抗他们的命令。”
"The Taliban have verbally instructed us to stop the transplants. Nobody has the courage to defy their orders because of the risk of severe punishment," he said.
阿富汗长期的冲突历史使许多人身受重伤，而专家和捐献组织的短缺又使治疗难以获得。此次暂停进一步缩小了原本依赖该慈善项目的患者的选择范围。
Afghanistan's long history of conflict has left many people with serious injuries, while shortages of specialists and donated tissue make treatment difficult to access. The suspension has further narrowed the options for patients who were depending on the charity-backed initiative.
慈善机构将免费眼科手术扩展至阿富汗。该项目是在北美巴基斯坦裔医师协会的支持下开展的，该协会是一家总部位于美国的慈善组织，自2017年以来一直为巴基斯坦的移植手术提供免费角膜。
CHARITY EXPANDED FREE EYE SURGERY TO AFGHANISTAN The programme was run with support from the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America, a US-based charitable organisation that has supplied free corneas for transplants in Pakistan since 2017.
该组织今年早些时候将工作扩展至阿富汗，使150多例手术得以进行。三名阿富汗眼科医生还在巴基斯坦白沙瓦接受了培训，以实施这些手术。
The organisation expanded its work into Afghanistan earlier this year, allowing more than 150 operations to take place. Three Afghan ophthalmologists had also received training in Peshawar, Pakistan, to carry out the procedures.
角膜为捐献所得，使患者无需为组织付费即可接受治疗。因此，此次中止影响了一个专门旨在帮助那些原本可能难以负担专业眼科治疗的人的项目。
The corneas were donated, allowing patients to receive treatment without paying for the tissue. The halt has therefore affected a programme designed specifically to help people who might otherwise struggle to afford specialist eye care.
此次暂停使已经登记手术的患者无法确定何时、甚至是否能够接受治疗。
The suspension has left patients who had already registered for surgery uncertain about when, or whether, they will receive treatment.
喀布尔一名卖甘蔗汁的男子在2023年的一场煤气罐爆炸中失明。他从一名受益于该免费手术项目的人那里得知了这一项目，并前往医院，希望能恢复视力。
A man who sells sugarcane juice in Kabul lost his eyesight in a gas cylinder explosion in 2023. He learnt about the free surgery programme from someone who had benefited from it and approached the hospital in the hope of recovering his vision.
据报道，他说：“我从一个受益于该项目的人那里听说了这个免费项目，然后去了医院。医生告诉我他们将在9月为我手术，但当他们通知我该项目已于8月停止时，我感到震惊。”
"I heard about the free programme from someone who had benefited from it and visited the hospital. Doctors told me they would operate on me in September, but I was shocked when they informed me that the programme had been stopped in August," he said, as quoted in the report.
据报道，塔利班禁止角膜移植，这是其自2021年8月重新掌权以来实施的一系列限制措施中的最新一项。塔利班的许多措施针对妇女和女孩。这些措施加剧了本已脆弱的卫生系统所面临的困难，该系统一直在应对训练有素人员短缺、资源有限以及多年冲突影响等问题。
The reported ban on corneal transplants adds to a series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban since they returned to power in August 2021. Many of their measures have targeted women and girls. These measures have compounded the difficulties facing an already fragile health system, which has struggled with shortages of trained personnel, limited resources and the effects of years of conflict.