《在最絕望的地點，少了一點點心碎》

星期四在喀布爾的哈米德卡爾扎伊國際機場外，一群陷入焦慮瘋狂的阿富汗人聚集。他們在塔利班控制以鐵絲網覆蓋的混凝土牆前，乞求美國海軍陸戰隊員幫助他們，讓他們獲得自由。

突然，在一大堆伸出的手中，有一個不到幾個月大的嬰兒，父親把孩子抱起來交給士兵們。

一名海軍陸戰隊員正在搬運一件行李，他用另一隻手抱住嬰兒。

這一幕令人痛心，這正是為什麼它的影片迅速傳遍了世界各地，激起了人們對美國倉促撤離進一步的憤怒。

週五，美國軍方明白情勢，很快地宣布嬰兒已安全地與家人團聚。

“影片中的嬰兒已被帶到現場的醫療機構，並由醫療專業人員照顧，”海軍陸戰隊發言人詹姆斯·史滕格少校在一封電子郵件中寫道。 “我可以確認嬰兒已經與父親團聚，並且目前在機場，他們是安全的。”

Stenger 少校沒有提供更多細節，包括最近幾天有多少兒童，被迫與父母拆散，被送往安置機構。

但少校發送了一系列照片，顯示海軍陸戰隊在軍事檢查站與孩子們玩耍，並餵著孩子們喝水。

“這是現場海軍陸戰隊專業精神的真實例子，他們在緊急情況下，迅速做出決定，保有愛心，並且繼續支持馬不停蹄的撤離行動。”

二十年來，美國人計算這場戰爭付出的代價，主要以數千名美國和阿富汗士兵的死亡來估算阿富汗戰爭的代價。

但本週，嬰兒和幼兒被抱到美國海軍陸戰隊的懷抱中，它突顯了即使嬰兒，也是戰爭的受害者，他們可能失去父母，可能成為孤兒，可能與父母離散⋯⋯好像我們對於戰爭的了解，總是需要一個天使般的兒童，提醒我們戰爭的殘酷，我們已經死去不太會悲傷的心，才終於活過來。與前缐的痛苦，有些連結，全球人們此刻才想到該做些什麼。

正如2015年躺在土耳其海灘的敍利亞三歲小男孩Alan Kurdi。他靜靜地躺著，遠離炮火猛烈凌厲的家園，他不必再逃了，死亡之神接納了他：而無情的世人，棄絕了他。浪，一波又一波衝向他的屍體，如捨不得他離去的父親對他最後的撫慰。Alan Kurdi的臉朝下，臉龐沒有痛苦，他不想待在這個早已遺忘敘利亞、失去良心的世界。

六年後，這一次是喀布爾機場石牆旁的嬰兒，他高高的被托起，父親絕望中放棄了自己，只求孩子有未來。

一張又一張關於嬰兒的照片，快速掩蓋了華府混亂的政治指責。

在那個人性所剩無幾的機場，多個孩子被安置於美國軍隊的照顧下，至少我們可以試圖讓他們獲得自由，並且擁有未來。

美國總統拜登週五表示，他面對那“令人心碎”的畫面，努力恢復內心的痛苦與平靜，他宣布大約有 6,000 名美軍正在努力恢復機場秩序。

他承諾致力於疏散阿富汗人和美國人，然後再補充：美軍的責任仍然首要任務是拯救美國公民。

拜登說：“我們看到驚慌失措的人，出於絕望採取的行動，它令人痛苦萬分。” “這完全可以理解。他們很害怕。他們更傷心。我認為我們之中的任何人，都不會看到這些照片，而不會感受到身為人的痛苦。”

在回答有關為什麼他沒有授權軍方擴大機場周邊，以便讓更多阿富汗人可以搭乘飛機離開，拜登表示當地的軍力無法安全的打開閘門。

他知道此刻捲入戰鬥，那怕只是小型的戰鬥，只會延誤撤離工作，甚至更糟的是無法再撤離更多人。他已下令：未經總統授權，軍隊不能擴大在機場的佈署邊界。

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-baby.html

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On a night the Philadelphia 76ers reached 50 wins for the first time in 11 years, they honored the leader of their last 50-win club.

The 76ers became the first Eastern Conference team with 50 wins this season as they retired Charles Barkley's No. 34 and rode Allen Iverson's near triple-double to a 102-89 victory over the woeful Golden State Warriors.

"That's great because I've never been on a team in the NBA that won 50 games," Iverson said. "It's great. It all comes together. Everything that happened with Charles, winning the game, it being our 50th win, it was just a great night."

"It's a tremendous accomplishment," 76ers coach Larry Brown said. "Now, hopefully we'll get a little confidence from this game. It is an accomplishment when you consider four or five years ago we won 21 or 22, then 31."

With just their second win in eight games, Philadelphia improved to 50-22, one game behind San Antonio for the best record in the NBA. The 76ers surpassed last season's win total and reached 50 wins for the first time since the 1989-90 campaign.

That team won the Atlantic Division title and was powered by Barkley, who spent the first eight years of his 16-year career with the Sixers and in 1996 was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.

Before a sellout crowd of 20,958 at the First Union Center, Barkley was honored in a halftime ceremony that included many family members, former coaches and teammates. He was brought to tears by a standing ovation and repeated his desire to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame as a Sixer before a banner bearing his No. 34 was hoisted to the rafters.

"It was especially nice with Charles here," Brown said. "The ceremony was phenomenal, seeing his number go up. He meant a lot to this franchise and this league. I personally admire the hell out of him. I thought it was really nicely done."

The prolonged ceremony seemed to spark the Sixers, who have had their troubles in the third quarter of late but instead turned a five-point halftime lead into a 77-61 advantage.

Iverson scored 17 in the period, just two shy of Golden State's total. He finished with 35 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and nine assists, just missing his first career triple-double.

"I really wanted it because I never did it before. To have a triple double, that's a great all-around game. And on a night like this when you have one of the greatest players to ever play the game, the whole all-around game, and he gets his jersey retired, it was something I wanted to look back on. It was a great night, my mom got to see Charles get his jersey retired, I got a chance to see it. It was something special, something I'll cherish for the rest of my life."

Tyrone Hill had a season-high 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Sixers, who went 16-12 against the powerful Western Conference this season. Philadelphia has won its last six meetings with Golden State.

Hill has a personal memory of playing against Barkley.

"I remember when I was a rookie and we played them at Golden State," he said. "He said to me `Rookie, you keep playing hard like you've been playing and you'll be in the league a long time.' He knows all about work ethic."

Antawn Jamison scored 32 points for the Warriors, who have lost seven in a row on the road and 22 of 24 overall since the All-Star break.

The Sixers never trailed after using a 7-0 spurt to open a 9-2 lead. They led 23-19 after one quarter and by 10 points in the second period before settling for a 47-42 halftime lead.

The ceremony for Barkley lasted 30 minutes, more than twice as long as a normal halftime, which did not bode well for the Sixers. In their last six losses, they had managed just 102 points in the third quarter.

A 3-pointer by Jamison pulled Golden State within 54-52 with 7:36 left before Philadelphia rattled off 14 consecutive points. Iverson had two 3-pointers and Hill and George Lynch had two baskets each during the spurt, which gave the Sixers a 68-52 advantage with 3:28 remaining.

"Iverson just took over," Warriors coach Dave Cowens said. "We went down by 14 and he made two 3-pointers. Of the 14 points, he accounted for six of them. Great players step up when they have to and that's what he did tonight. That's when the game got away."

"We knew that we couldn't let then stay in the game and gain some confidence," Hill said. "So, we stepped it up defensively and we got some easy baskets and got some easy looks."

Philadelphia led 77-61 entering the fourth quarter and opened its largest lead at 92-71 on a basket by Jumaine Jones with 6:25 to go.

大石磨位於新界北部，共有兩個山頂，同樣高183米。西南方山頂在羅湖分類靶場演習期間會插上紅旗，而東北方山頂則有一個空置軍事兵房。山上可以居高臨下眺望深圳羅湖一帶。南面山坡上，有一個以石塊所堆砌成的軍徽，砌有「2ND BATT」和「SCOTS GUARDS」的字樣，即「蘇格蘭近衛隊第二營」。
Tai Shek Mo is located at northern area of New Territories, there are 2 peaks both with height 183M. If there are target practice activities in Lo Wu Classification Range, the red flag is hoisted on the southern west peak. For the northern east peak, there is a barrack which is no longer in used. On the hillside in southern area, there is an emblem built with rocks, with the texts “2ND BATT” and “SCOTS GUARDS”.

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