By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 January 2008 The American officer responsible for helping develop an Afghan Air Force says the small corps is growing steadily, but will not be ready to even begin participating in combat operations for about five years. The

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 29 September 2007 Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has condemned a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 30 people and wounded many others. Mr. Karzai also offered to personally meet with Taleban and insurgent leaders a

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AS IT IS 2013-06-09 Afghan Fashion Designer Creates Dresses, Jobs Thanks for joining us again on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are discussing one of my favorite topics: wedding dresses. Last year I made a beautiful huge ball gown for a lady

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The warring factions in Afghanistan say they will heed a call by the United Nations to stop fighting so aid workers can begin a three-day polio vaccination campaign. The Taliban, the Afghan army and international military forces say they will halt t

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By Gary Thomas Washington 22 February 2006 Since the ouster of the Taleban from Afghanistan, Afghan expatriates in the United States and Europe have been returning to their homeland. Some of them stay

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By Meredith Buel Washington 20 March 2006 Afghanistan's foreign minister says there are Taleban training camps across the border in Pakistan that are sources of terrorism and instability inside his co

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Police Mistrust Threatens US-Afghan Alliance in Key Town The Marzak strategy hinged on setting up a new, tribe-based local police force capable of defending the town against Taliban fighters. After two weeks of training, the first 50 police began dut

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Key Local Afghan Police Force Slow to Catch On Coalition planners say they need 100 police officers to secure Marzak. Village elders promised at least that many men would volunteer for a new Afghan Local Police force. But by late January, fewer than

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Sectarian Terror Attack Fuels Afghan-Pakistan Tension This week's suicide bomb attack that killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a Kabul shrine has significantly heightened tensions between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. The Afghan president has

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By Michael Bowman Washington 25 October 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai (file photo) Afghanistan's president and his main electoral challenger say the country's political future should be decided at the ballot box, not through the formation of a

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By Jennifer Glasse London 21 October 2009 Both Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his main political opponent Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to a run-off election in Afghanistan next month. The United States is waiting for the political outcome before

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By Meredith Buel Washington 21 October 2009 Now that Afghan election officials have agreed to a presidential runoff vote on November 7, attention will intensify on U.S. President Barack Obama's difficult decision about whether to send more American

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 October 2007 The top NATO commander says the alliance should do more to fight the drug trade in Afghanistan, where it has had primary responsibility for security issues for nearly a year. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pent

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 27 April 2008 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has survived an assault by Taliban militants on a military parade in Kabul. At least three people were killed, including a parliament member, and eight others were wounded in the attac

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By Kent Klein Washington 16 September 2009 US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., 16 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is urging patience as h

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Afghan government and United Nations humanitarian officials say the flow of refugees, who have been streaming back into the country recently, is so far manageable and not expected to cause a crisis. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul.

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By George Dwyer Washington 09 May 2007 A U.S. military commander has apologized for the killings of Afghan civilians by U.S. Marines in early March. Colonel John Nicholson told reporters in Afghanistan that he met Tuesday (May 8th) with the families

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Mr. Ban called for closer cooperation between civilian and military leaders. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Afghan President Hamid Karz

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By David Gollust State Department 05 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies to London Tuesday for talks with top British officials on an escalating row within NATO over troop levels in Afghanistan. The Bush administration wants

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The United Nations chief in Afghanistan is making an appeal to the Taliban not to disrupt food aid heading to hungry Afghans. The representative of the world body on Monday also lashed out at the increasing number of pessimistic voices predicting th

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