Afghanistan's first female pilot is seeking asylum in the U.S. after receiving death threats from the Taliban and members of her own family.
在接到塔利班和家人成員的死亡威脅后,阿富汗首位女飛行員向美國尋求庇護(hù)。
Capt. Niloofar Rahmani came to the U.S. in 2015 to train with the U.S. Air Force. That training ended earlier this week, but Rahmani says she's too afraid for her life to go back.
拉赫馬尼上尉于2015年來美國參加空軍訓(xùn)練。訓(xùn)練本周早些時(shí)候結(jié)束,但赫馬尼說,她很擔(dān)心自己的生活不敢回去。
Rahmani was 10 years old when the U.S. removed the Taliban from power in 2001. At 18, she enlisted in Afghanistan's air force and became a bit of a celebrity when she earned her wings in 2013.
美國2001年推翻塔利班政權(quán)時(shí)拉赫馬尼10歲。18歲時(shí)她在阿富汗空軍服役,2013年在飛行中就小有名氣。
That's when the threats began. In an interview, Rahmani said members of the Taliban had threatened to kill her and members of her family. She also said distant relatives had threatened the same.
這就是威脅開始。在一次采訪中,拉赫馬尼說,塔利班成員曾威脅要?dú)⒘怂退募胰恕K€說遠(yuǎn)親同樣發(fā)出威脅。
Rahmani says that if she's granted asylum she'll continue flying, either for the U.S. or as a commercial pilot.
拉赫馬尼表示,如果她獲得庇護(hù)將會(huì)繼續(xù)飛行,無論是為美國政府,還是作為一名商業(yè)飛行員。
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