The European Union's former top diplomat to Afghanistan says the international community should review its aims and activities to stave off possible disaster there. Francesc Vendrell, who recently stepped down as the EU's Special Envoy to Afghanista

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

The infiltration of Taliban militants into Pakistan's northwestern Buner district, earlier this year, marked the end of a controversial peace deal to allow strict Islamic law in Swat Valley, in return for peace with the militants. The fight to wrest

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General Stanley McChrystal has officially taken over as the new commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The Obama administration is counting on the four-star general to implement a new and ambitious strategy to turn the tide against a

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Afghan Security Tops Agenda for Karzai Washington Talks President Karzai met with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last month before these Washington talks, which are expected to include the breadth of U.S-Afghan relations beyond next year's exit

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President Barack Obama, left, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, right, shake hands following their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, 12 May 2010 Afghan President Hamid Karzai wrapped up an extended trip

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President Barack Obama, right, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, left, during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, 12 May 2010 The bottom line is that we are much more strongly related to each other t

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NATO's new strategy in Afghanistan is part military offensive, part training the Afghan security forces, part fostering civil society and part talking with at least some members of the Taliban, to entice them to join the government side. But, talking

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Top U.S. defense officials say the new strategy for the war in Afghanistan announced by President Barack Obama a year ago is working. Some military and intelligence analysts, however, say the fight is far from over. The comments come as the White Hou

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Coalition Commander Says Afghan Plan Still Intact General Allen took command of international forces in Afghanistan last July. Since then, his mission has been to put himself out of a job - to train Afghan troops to take over, against a weakened Tali

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Orchestra Comprised of Afghan Street-Children Concludes US Tour This is Bolro. It is an orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, first performed at the Paris Opera in 1928. The composition is played here by Afghan students in Boston, Massachusetts. Classic

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Pakistani authorities and eyewitnesses say that unknown gunmen have shot dead a Pakistan-based Afghan journalist and wounded his colleague in a northwestern border region. The attack comes as police in an eastern town claims to have detained six sus

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Afghan, US Tensions Threaten Orderly Withdrawal Shouting death to America, hundreds of protestors recently traveled from Wardak province to the Afghan capital Kabul demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered U.S. S

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US Troops Prepare for Afghan 'Spring Offensive' Their message came in an audio message that announced the start of a monumental spring operation, one aimed at defeating those it described as western invaders, a reference to U.S.-led allied forces tha

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Officials with Afghanistan's new peace council say they are in the early stages of beginning a process to negotiate peace with Taliban militants. This comes a day after the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, sai

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Taliban militants have pulled out of a peace deal in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, dealing a blow to the government's efforts to eliminate attacks by Islamic extremists. 在巴基斯坦北瓦济里斯坦部落地区的塔利班武装分子

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In Afghanistan, concerns are growing about security for the country's presidential election later this month amid an increase in violence. At least nine NATO troops have died in clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan over two days, and militants have

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A powerful cross-party parliamentary committee has strongly criticized the British government for its handling of the war in Afghanistan. 英国议会一个极具影响力的跨党派委员会严厉批评英国政府的阿富汗战略。 In blunt ter

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The United Nations says the number of civilians killed during 2008 in Afghanistan rose 40 percent from the year before. The 2,118 civilians reported killed last year is the highest number since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban government in

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Pakistani Taliban militants in the country's troubled Swat valley say they are indefinitely extending a cease-fire with the government. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is expected to soon announce the terms of the cease-fire. 在巴基斯坦事端

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By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 17 December 2007 A top American general has said Afghanistan's security is improving, despite a resurgent Taliban and increased violence in the country. The general also cited a drop in cross-border attacks and the capture

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