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US to review Afghan air strikes 美国回顾阿富汗空袭
A top US military commander has announced a review into the American use of air strikes in
Afghanistan. 美国一高级军事司令官宣布回顾对阿富汗的空袭
Gen David Petraeus, head of US Central Command（美国中央司令部）, said "tactical （战术上的）actions"
should not undermine（诋毁，危害，破坏） strategic goals.
His comments came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said US air strikes that kill civilians2（平民）
were damaging the fight against terrorism.（与恐怖主义做斗争）
Washington again expressed regret over recent civilian1 deaths, but refused to rule out （排除，消除）
such strikes in the future.
On Sunday, hundreds of university students in the Afghan capital, Kabul, protested against air
strikes last week targeting Taleban fighters in the western Farah province.
Afghan sources said nearly 150 had been killed, but that figure has been disputed （争议）by the US
Afghanistan is a top foreign policy priority for US President Barack Obama's administration, with US
forces fighting an increasingly violent insurgency3 （起义，叛乱）by Taleban forces.
The US is sending 21,000 additional troops to the country, to join an existing force of 38,000.
Gen Petraeus, who is responsible for US operations in the region, told Fox News television that he
had named a brigadier general （准将）"with extensive experience in conventional and special
operations" to go to Afghanistan and look at the issue "more broadly".
He said the unnamed military officer would serve to ensure that "our tactical actions don't undermine
our strategic goals and objectives".
"That's essentially4 the conversation that President Karzai and I had yesterday on this particular
topic," he added.
Gen Petraeus also said the Taleban bore "enormous blame" for firing on US troops from the protection
of houses, and said the militants5 appeared to have forced civilians to stay in the homes.
'Fed up'
Speaking after talks with the German chancellor6 in Berlin, Mr Karzai said civilian deaths had to be
avoided.
"Civilian casualties（平民伤亡）, of course, is a very serious matter for the Afghan people, (it)
also is a serious matter for our allies," Mr Karzai said at the news conference.
"It's something that the Afghan people want to be addressed effectively and sooner."
In the protest in Kabul, students held up banners including one that called America "the biggest
terrorist in the world".
The protesters also called for those responsible for the deaths to be put on trial.（提审）
"Our people are fed up with Taleban beheadings（斩首） and suicide bombings. On the other hand, the
massacre（大屠杀） of civilians by the American forces is a crime that our people will never forget,"
a statement quoted by AFP news agency said.
President Obama's National Security Adviser7, Gen James Jones, said the US would "redouble" efforts to
limit civilian deaths, but added that it could not hamper8 its forces in Afghanistan by banning air
strikes.
"We can't fight with one hand tied behind our back," General he told ABC television.
Last week, Mr Karzai urged the US to stop the use of such strikes
The air strike in Farah province overshadowed a summit on Wednesday between the President Barack
Obama, Mr Karzai, and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari.
Pakistani forces are currently engaged in fierce fighting with Taleban insurgents9 in the north-west
of the country. (本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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| 平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓 | |
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insurgency
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| n.起义；暴动；叛变 | |
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essentially
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militants
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| 激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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chancellor
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| n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长 | |
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adviser
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hamper
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| vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子 | |
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insurgents
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