EU Talks with Taliban About Sending People Back to Afghanistan
歐盟與塔利班討論將人員遣返阿富汗
Introduction
The European Commission met with five people from the Taliban in Brussels on Tuesday. They talked about sending Afghan people back to Afghanistan.
歐盟委員會週二在布魯塞爾與五名塔利班代表會面,討論將阿富汗人遣返阿富汗的事宜。
Main Body
Many EU countries want to send criminals and dangerous people back to Afghanistan. Sweden and the EU led the meeting. The Taliban said this meeting is a big step to start working together again.
許多歐盟國家希望將罪犯與危險分子遣返阿富汗。此次會議由瑞典與歐盟主導。塔利班表示,這次會面是重新開始合作的重要一步。
Belgium gave the Taliban group special visas for one day. The group stayed in a secret place. They did not use official government buildings. Germany is also helping the Taliban with travel papers and flights.
比利時為塔利班代表團提供了為期一天的特別簽證。該代表團停留於秘密地點,並未使用官方政府建築。德國也正在協助塔利班處理旅行文件與航班。
Some people are angry about this. Human rights groups say the Taliban are bad to women and girls. They say girls cannot go to school. They also say people in Afghanistan have no food and are not safe.
部分人士對此感到憤怒。人權組織表示,塔利班對女性和女孩極其殘酷,稱女孩無法就學。他們還指出,阿富汗人民面臨糧食短缺且環境並不安全。
Conclusion
The EU says they do not accept the Taliban as a real government. But they still want to send dangerous people away.
歐盟表示不承認塔利班為合法政府,但仍希望將危險分子遣返。
Vocabulary Learning
📦 The 'Action' Pattern
In this text, we see many sentences that describe what someone did. For an A2 learner, the most important thing is how to link a Person to an Action.
Look at these patterns:
- The European Commission met
- The Taliban said
- Belgium gave
- Germany is helping
💡 Simple Grammar Tip
Notice how the words change when we talk about the past (things that already happened) versus the present (things happening now).
| Past (Done) | Present (Now) | Example from Text |
|---|---|---|
| Met | Meet | The Commission met... |
| Said | Say | The Taliban said... |
| Gave | Give | Belgium gave... |
| Helped | Helping | Germany is helping... |
🚩 Useful A2 Vocabulary
Instead of hard words, focus on these "connector" phrases found in the article:
- "A big step" A major change/start.
- "Working together" Collaborating.
- "Send back" To make someone return to their country.