The streets of Afghanistan.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Deng Shuwen reports from Changsha
August 17 is already the third day that the Afghan Taliban has entered Kabul. According to foreign news reports, the Afghan Taliban announced an amnesty for all government officials that day and urged them to return to work. The chaotic situation in Kabul City once appeared, but it improved later on the 17th.
On the same day, the reporter interviewed Shahir Sharifi, an Afghan student studying at Central South University. He is 24 years old this year and his Chinese name is "沙逸". His parents are still in Kabul. "They have no plans to leave because their relatives and friends are here. It is still difficult for the whole family to move, and they don't know which country to go to when they leave."
The family was depressed and worried about the future
In 2015, Sha Yi was admitted to the Chinese Department of Kabul University . After studying for three months, he won a scholarship from the Confucius Institute. After a semester, he came to China. I studied Chinese International Education for 5 years at Taiyuan University of Technology . After that, he was admitted to a graduate student majoring in journalism at Central South University and received a full scholarship. Therefore, he came to Changsha in September 2020.
Sha Yi lives in a family with good family conditions. His father is the vice-president of a university. He said: "Now universities across the country have been closed. I don't know when they will resume. I am waiting for notification."
Afghanistan seems to have pressed the pause button. Taliban fighters did not enter Kabul directly before, they were all in other places. After they entered this time, they were in power, and everything seemed to have changed.
Shahir Sharifi, an Afghan student studying at Central South University, is called "沙逸" in Chinese.
"The situation is not too clear now, although the Taliban said that officials can all return to work,But people still haven't returned to normal life. "Sha Yi said that in the past few days, he has been in communication with his family, and his parents will tell him some new situations. The last time they went out was on the 16th, they bought some daily necessities.
The mood of the family is relatively low. Worry about the future." Now the city is a little messy. "They told Sha Yi," For example, a few days ago, on the road, the traffic police had already left. The vehicles were out of order and there were traffic jams everywhere. "
Maybe everything happened too fast. The rapid change of regime made people a little caught off guard." The speed of the government's resignation shocked the world. Not only domestic or foreign people, they all judged that they would wait three or four months. . Even if other places were occupied, Kabul was a city and a gathering place for the army, and it was actually occupied in a very short time. "Sha Yi said with emotion.
Later that day on the 17th, the situation in Kabul City became stable. Some neighborhoods were sparsely populated, and the Taliban set up checkpoints along the way to patrol to maintain daily order; another part of the neighborhood has some Public places have been reopened, and some schools have resumed classes. It can be said that the lives of local people are gradually recovering with caution.
In Kabul before, it was difficult to see Taliban fighters, mostly ordinary people. "It’s hard to say everyone. Whether to support or not, most people are just living and cannot choose a manager. "Sha Yi said.
There are a lot fewer people on the street, and most of them chose to stay
"In terms of life, the impact is still great. "Sha Yi revealed that many shops have already closed. The people are confused about the future, at a loss, and fear makes them choose to close temporarily. Some workers also choose not to go to work because of fear." Not only in the cities, but throughout Afghanistan All are in such a situation. "He said.
Taliban armed men entered Kabul.
Not all stores are closed, but a small number of businesses have chosen to open. The decrease in operating stores means that prices will rise."It's not the same everywhere. Kabul is messy, because there is no manager, and each store can set its own price." Sha Yi said.
"The owner of each store sets its own price. If you want to buy it, you can buy it, and if you don't buy it, you won't buy it." Sha Yi said. "Everything has gone up in price, and it's hard to tell by what percentage the uniform increase."
Not only has many shops closed, but the people on the streets have also decreased a lot. Basically everyone stays at home, except for situations where they have to go out to buy things.
Some people chose to stay, and some chose to leave, "(Those who left) they felt unsafe. The Taliban in my impression was when they were in 1996 (taking over the government)." Sha Yi said, those people are leaving now There are many reasons for this. For example, some people have been working for the United States, so the United States will take them away; some people have relatives and friends overseas and can go to them.
The streets of Afghanistan.
"However, it is difficult to say how many people can successfully leave. After all, the situation at the airport is not very good and the order is very chaotic." Sha Yi revealed that the remaining people still accounted for the majority. Some people have economic reasons, but there are other reasons. For example, how to survive in other countries is still a problem.
"For example, most people in the United States are young people, but what about others?" Sha Yi said.
In the future, Sha Yi said that he will return to his hometown of Kabul, "No matter if it is heaven or hell, I will still go back. After all, it is my hometown. We can't predict what will happen in the future, but more This is a more pessimistic view. Since 1996, no matter what aspect, the situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating."
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