The soldier stripped of her uniform
被剥夺军装的女兵
Herat province
Every day, I wake up to(醒来面对（某种情况）) the silence of dawn(黎明，拂晓). I feel as though(好像，仿佛) I am still holding my weapon(武器，兵器). I lie on my bed for a few moments, taking deep breaths. With every awakening, I make a promise(许下承诺) to myself: if my husband manages to return home safely today, I will thank God even more.
赫拉特省
每天，我在黎明的寂静中醒来。我感觉自己仿佛还握着武器。我在床上躺一会儿，深呼吸。每次醒来，我都对自己许下承诺：如果今天丈夫能平安回家，我会更加感谢真主。
My name is Parasto*, and I live in Herat. For six years I serve(服役；服务)d here as a soldier. Within a few days of taking the city, the first thing the Taliban did to me and my female colleagues was hold a meeting and demand that we hand over(交出，移交) our uniforms. When they took that uniform, I felt as though I had lost something grand that belonged to me; it was a profound(深刻的，深切的) pain.
我叫帕拉斯托*，住在赫拉特。我曾在此当了六年兵。塔利班占领这座城市后没几天，他们对我和我的女同事做的第一件事就是开会，要求我们交出制服。当他们拿走那套制服时，我感觉自己失去了某种属于我的珍贵之物；那是一种深切的痛苦。
Because my husband and I served with the previous government, the Taliban have summon(传唤，召唤)ed him several times to question him about how many Taliban he killed, or how many I killed. We have been threatened with death many times, through phone calls and messages. In the early days, many of my colleagues fled. The Taliban arrested two women whose names I do not wish to mention, and nothing is known of their fate to this day. Where are they? Are they alive or not? We tried to smuggle(偷运，走私) ourselves over the border to Iran, but were turned back by border guards. Today, we still keep our bags packed and waiting, in case(以防，万一) we have to flee(逃离，逃跑).
因为我丈夫和我曾为前政府效力，塔利班多次传唤他，质问他杀过多少塔利班，或者我杀过多少。我们多次通过电话和信息受到死亡威胁。早期，我的许多同事逃离了。塔利班逮捕了两名我不愿提及姓名的女性，至今下落不明。她们在哪里？是死是活？我们曾试图偷渡到伊朗，但被边境警卫拦回。如今，我们仍然收拾好行囊，随时准备逃离。
The undercover journalist
卧底记者
The neighbourhood baker
社区面包师
The 12-year-old blogger
12岁的博主
The polio survivor who became a master tailor
从脊髓灰质炎幸存者到裁缝大师
The aspiring novelist
有抱负的小说家
The cleaner and brickmaker
清洁工兼砖瓦工
The teacher at a girls’ school
女子学校的教师
The student locked inside and losing hope
被锁在屋里、失去希望的学生
The prosthetist helping women to walk
帮助女性行走的假肢技师
The dental assistant who dreamed of being a surgeon
梦想成为外科医生的牙医助理
The teacher who fears her students will be married off
担心学生被嫁出去的教师