War is Abbas’s* earliest(最早的) memory.
战争是阿巴斯*最早的记忆。
As a child, the first iteration(迭代；版本) of Taliban rule forced his family to flee – with nothing but(除了……什么都没有) the clothes on their backs(穿在身上) and what food they could carry – for the relative(相对的) safety of far-distant(遥远的) hills.
童年时，塔利班第一次执政迫使他的家人逃亡——除了身上的衣服和能携带的食物，一无所有——逃往遥远山区的相对安全之地。
War became his profession. Joining republican Afghanistan’s fledgling army, Abbas fought alongside American, Australian and British troops, believing in the foreigners’ ultimately false promise that they could bring peace and prosperity to his homeland.(加入阿富汗共和国初建不久的军队后，阿巴斯与美国、澳大利亚和英国军队并肩作战，相信了外国人最终被证明是虚假的承诺——他们能为他的祖国带来和平与繁荣。)
战争成了他的职业。加入阿富汗共和国初建不久的军队后，阿巴斯与美国、澳大利亚和英国军队并肩作战，相信了外国人最终被证明是虚假的承诺——他们能为他的祖国带来和平与繁荣。