时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


英语课
Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal 1 leaders meeting in Islamabad Tuesday have agreed to seek talks with Taliban insurgents 2 in a bid to limit violence along their shared border. The announcement came after a two-day meeting described as a mini-jirga in the Pakistani capital. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad.

The two-day "mini-jirga" in Islamabad ended with pledges to create new committees in both countries that will try to establish contact with Taliban groups.
 






Head of Afghan delegation 3, Abdullah Abdullah (l) and Pakistani delegation head Owais Ahmed Ghani (r) hold a joint 4 press conference in Islamabad, 28 Oct 2008



Afghanistan's former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah said those committees will work independently from any other peace talks being pursued by the two governments.

"We agreed that contacts should be established with the opposition 5," he said. "Apart from whatever else is happening in that regard, joint contacts will be established through jirga-gai by using other influential 6 figures through the opposition groups in both countries."

Representatives of the Islamabad jirga said the term "opposition groups" refers to all those involved in the armed conflict in both countries.

Officials said the names of the representatives seeking talks with militants 7 will be kept secret because of security concerns.

The governments in Islamabad and Kabul have repeatedly proposed holding peace talks with Taliban factions 8 if the militants agree to recognize the governments' legitimacy 9. Militants have rejected those conditions.

When asked how the latest proposal for talks is different from previous ones, Northwest Frontier Province Governor and leader of the Pakistan delegation, Owais Ahmed Ghani, said both countries believe the only way to resolve the conflict is through negotiation 10.

"That is what dialogue is all about," he said. "We will sit, we will talk to them, we will listen to them, they will listen to us. And we will come to some sort of a solution to this situation. Without dialogue we cannot arrive at any sort of conclusion."

This week's meeting in Islamabad follows last August's so-called "grand jirga" where more than 600 Pakistan and Afghan tribal leaders pledged to confront militancy 11, improve border security and try to "expedite" dialogue with Taliban groups.

Since then, the Taliban insurgency 12 has strengthened in Afghanistan and taken over larger parts of Pakistan's tribal region.

Afghan delegation leader Abdullah said the current situation in both countries creates an even greater imperative 13 for talks.

"This war and insecurity has lingered on for so long and through the jirga gai we have just opened it wider for peace and dialogue with the groups," he said.

Representatives seeking contact with the Taliban are expected to report on their progress at the next jirga meeting scheduled in two or three months.



adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.代表团;派遣
  • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
  • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
n.合法,正当
  • The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
  • Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。
n.谈判,协商
  • They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判,他们的食糖生意成交了。
  • The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
n.warlike behavior or tendency
  • Full of militancy and revolutionary ardour, the people of all nationalities in the country are working hard for the realization of the four modernizations. 全国各族人民意气风发, 斗志昂扬,为实现四个现代化而奋战。
  • The seniority system is another factor that leads to union militancy. 排资论辈制度也是导致工会好斗争的另一因素。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的
  • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
  • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
学英语单词
A little body often harbours a great soul.
acroasphyxia
active elctronic countermeasures
air-able
all things consider
analysis of stomach
angel of death
average length of generation
barrier clutch
basal body temperature method
batch-by-batch method
bezzler
blow-in door
blowers
Bozzolo's sign
brasenia schreberis
Burning-power
called-party release
capsicum annuum l. var. longum sendt.
cascade potential transformator
characteristics of plasma flow similarity
charge sensitivity
chickenburger
cricovul sarat
cryoextraction
d'hue
dead-in-shell
deferred expenses
diningroom sets
distal margin
distance from bottom
Dregelypalank
eagle watch
effeiring
electron contributing group
Farmahīn
Fasigyn
feature data
fibrilled film fibre
full a.g.c.
galex
Gamma Neutral
hagdons
height of gravitational center
Heuser's membrane
hi-nrgs
hyperietta stebbingi
Ibuhos I.
implant test
in truth
in-pack promotion
insuccation
ixodynamics
Japheth
JNLP
kostis
management repository
mastogloia latericia
may-tide
modern-built
multiple jammers
nonverified
not element/not gate
nutrition quotient
obliquiangular
pampas cat
phthisis pancreatica
pleurito-
Porotrichum
postmaster-general
power station run-of-river
poye
punchlike
ram-raidings
red clovers
reenergized
refenced
remaining hydrogen
rpublique
sclerenchymas
side-rolling hatchcover
simulated food
singhiella chitinosa
sleep paroxysmal
slitty-eyed
spectro fluorimeter
strassmann
subcompressed
subcontracted work
tangential point of cubic
telecheck
The air was blue.
thwartship bulkhead
tighty-whity
Tolkienist
trade federation
transmission deafness
treated gasoline
universal access
uranophanite
us -ware
zero regulator