Ten days later a suicide bomber blew himself up in the army barracks at Dargai, on the way from Islamabad to Swat, and killed forty-two Pakistani soldiers.

我们都对这次攻击震惊不已，人们誓言复仇。十天之后，一名自杀式炸弹袭击者在从伊斯兰堡前往斯瓦特的途中，在德尔盖的军营里引爆炸弹，杀死了42名巴基斯坦士兵。

At that time suicide bombings were rare in Pakistan – there were six in total that year – and it was the biggest attack that had ever been carried out by Pakistani militants.

当时，自杀式炸弹攻击在巴基斯坦并不常见——当年一共发生六起——而那次的攻击是巴基斯坦武装分子所发动过的攻击里最严重的一次。

At Eid we usually sacrifice animals like goats or sheep.

开斋节来临时，我们通常会宰杀山羊或绵羊等动物献祭。

But Fazlullah said, ‘On this Eid two-legged animals will be sacrificed.’ We soon saw what he meant.

但法兹鲁拉宣称：这次的开斋节，我们要献祭两条腿的动物。我们很快就明白了他的言下之意。

His men began killing khans and political activists from secular and nationalist parties, especially the Awami National Party (ANP).

他的手下开始杀害部落首领和持不同政见人士，包括非穆斯林、崇尚民族主义的政党团体，尤其是人民民族党（ANP）的成员。

In January 2007 a close friend of one of my father’s friends was kidnapped in his village by eighty masked gunmen. His name was Malak Bakht Baidar.

2007年1月，父亲的一位好朋友在他的村庄里遭80名携枪、戴面罩的男子绑架。

He was from a wealthy khan family and the local vice president of the ANP.

他名叫马拉克.巴克.拜达，来自一个富有的部落家族，而且是当地ANP的副主席。