VOA标准英语2011--Pakistani Boycott Jeopardizes Conference on Afghanistan

Pakistani Boycott Jeopardizes Conference on Afghanistan Pakistan's decision to boycott an international conference on Afghanistans future is jeopardizing the meeting's success. The conference is scheduled to begin Monday in Bonn, Germany. Anger in Pa

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan

By Paula Wolfson New Delhi 01 March 2006 President Bush has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mr. Bush made a secret detour to Kabul on his way to talks in India and Pakistan. President Bush says

VOA标准英语2008年-Britain Orders More Troops to Afghanistan

By Sonja Pace London 16 June 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he will send additional troops to Afghanistan to boost force levels in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida supporters. VOA's Sonja Pace has details from London. B

VOA标准英语2008年-Conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan Drive Up World R

By Sonja Pace London 17 June 2008 The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing violence and repression worldwide has risen to 11.4 million, largely due to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on UN

VOA标准英语2008年-The Business of Opium in Afghanistan: Nangahar

By Siri Nyrop Nangahar Province, Afghanistan 27 May 2008 Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. Last year, the country's drug trade was a$4-billionbusiness, half of which alone was produced in the south where the fighting ag

VOA标准英语2012--Afghanistan Struggles to Educate its Youth

Afghanistan Struggles to Educate its Youth Modern education is a challenge in Afghanistan. Educators are struggling with the aftermath of decades of war and differing political ideologies. Education Ministry spokesman Amanullah Iman says it has taken

VOA标准英语2012--Economic Downturn Points to Uncertain Future in Afghanistan

Economic Downturn Points to Uncertain Future in Afghanistan Kabuls upscale Wazir Akhbar Khan district has long been home to foreign aid groups and the countrys wealthiest officials. Now, it is slowly emptying, as foreigners close down their operation

VOA标准英语2009-US House Committee Approves Iraq, Afghanistan Wa

U.S. strategies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, continuing support for Iraq, and Middle East peace efforts figured highly in debate Thursday in a key House of Representatives committee. Debate on these issues occurred as the House Appropriations Commit

VOA标准英语2009年-US Vice President to Discuss Afghanistan with N

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden is heading to Brussels for talks Tuesday with NATO allies as Washington seeks greater European support in Afghanistan. Possible U.S. missile-defense systems and ties with Russia may also be on the menu. US Vice Presi

VOA常速英语2007-Afghanistan Suicide Bomb Adds to Rising Death To

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 02 October 2007 A suicide bomber has killed at least11 people in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, after targeting a police bus. Rising violence in Afghanistan, now at the highest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, has

2006年VOA标准英语-NATO Chief in Afghanistan for Top-Level Talks

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 September 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, with NATO's secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after exchanging signed documents of an accord to boost security and development cooperation in Kabul, September 6

VOA标准英语2008年-US First Lady Visits Afghanistan To Promote Aid

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 08 June 2008 U.S. First Lady Laura Bush has made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to raise awareness of the country's need for development aid before an international donors conference this week in Paris. VOA's Barry Newhou

VOA标准英语2008年-US Military Seeks New Afghanistan Strategy

The top U.S. military officer says he has ordered the development of a new, more comprehensive strategy for the war in Afghanistan, including a plan to shift U.S. forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, announced by President Bush on Tuesday. VOA's Al Pess

VOA标准英语2009年-Car Bomb Kills 16 in Afghanistan

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 17 September 2009 A body covered with a blue sheet lies at the site where a suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, 17 Sep 2009 A suicide car bomber struck a military convoy in Ka

VOA标准英语2009年-British Prime Minister Defends Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown staunchly defended his government's Afghanistan policy and said troops would stay until Afghan forces can go it alone to defend the country. The prime minister's comments come amid rising casualties among British

VOA标准英语2009年-Pentagon Says More Afghanistan Troops May Await

The World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, on Monday repeated his call for coordinated global stimulus to get the global economy out of deep recession. World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, 28 Jan 2009 Lin told an audience at Washin

VOA标准英语2009年-General McChrystal: Success in Afghanistan

By Jennifer Glasse London 01 October 2009 General Stanley McChrystal, NATO's top commander in Afghanistan says the situation there is serious and success is not assured. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the ge

VOA标准英语2009年-US Lawmakers Question Afghanistan Strategy

By Dan Robinson Washington 15 October 2009 As President Barack Obama held the fifth in a series of meetings with advisors and military officials on Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers were raising more questions about U.S. strategy in the country. A congres

VOA标准英语2009年-Afghanistan Closes Schools Due to Increasi

By Sean Maroney Kabul 08 November 2009 An Afghan motorcyclist adjusts a newly purchased surgical mask at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Nov 2009 The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November i

新西兰英语 317 Soldier dies in Afghanistan

A New Zealand soldier was killed today in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. He was Lieutenant Tim ODonnell, aged 28. Two other New Zealand soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were also injured. He is the first New Zealand soldier to die in Afghanistan. 1