The interned animal was one of two given to Afghanistan by China in 2002, months after the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime, to help reestablish the zoo after it was destroyed during civil war.

• 这只遭拘禁的动物是在2002年，强硬派神学士政权垮台后数月，中国为协助重建在内战期间遭摧毁的动物园，而赠与阿富汗一对猪之中的一只。