It was not clear why the lottery was halted during the chaotic civil war of the early 1990s,but most forms of entertainment were banned under the solemn and destructionist rule of the Taliban who swept to power in 1996 and were sent packing last year.

• 于某种原因，彩票抽奖活动在90年代初阿富汗混乱的内战期间就终止了。1996年塔利班上台后实行阴沉毁灭主义的统治，大多数娱乐形式都被禁止了。值得庆幸的是塔利班政府去年已经土崩瓦解了。