“We pledge to sacrifice our blood and lives to defend our homes, ” reads one.

“我们要用鲜血和生命保卫家园，”一条横幅上写道。

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Protect and defend us against our enemies and may the cause of Christ always prevail in our schools, courts, homes, and churches.

请祢保护及防卫我们对抗敌人，愿基督的大义常在学校，法庭，家庭及教会中得胜。

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"We had to defend our honor and our homes, " said Hayebatullah Haqyar, a member of the uprising's leadership council who served as a district governor under the pre-2001 Taliban regime.

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