Afghan Government Sends Troops to Control Northwest Factiona

 

Michael Kitchen

 

Afghanistan's transitional government is deploying² troops in the country's northwest to stem an outbreak of factional fighting. The government intends to dislodge a local warlord from the important northern city of Maimana.

 

Deployment³ of units from the newly formed Afghan National Army comes in response to the seizure⁴ of Maimana by regional militia⁵ commander Abdul-Rashid Dostum.

 

General Dostum, the leader of the powerful Jumbesh-e Milli-e Islami movement, controls large tracts⁶ of territory across the ethnically⁷ Uzbek portions of northern Afghanistan.

 

Afghan sources say General Dostum moved his forces into Maimana after the local militia commander there broke from his alliance with Mr. Dostum's Jumbesh. But Afghan Interior Minister Ali Jalali says General Dostum's action violates the new constitution, as well as his militia's allegiance to the central government.

 

Jumbesh troops flooded into Maimana following angry demonstrations⁸ against the central government's appointed governor, who was later forced to flee his residence.

 

Mr. Jalali says the demonstrations were staged. "Those who staged demonstrations, they were deployed⁹ in advance in the area. These are the youth linked to Jumbesh," he said. "They were there from the beginning - it was part of the plan."

 

Mr. Dostum and his militia, based in the predominantly Uzbek city of Shirbigan, are technically¹⁰ under the command of Afghanistan's Defense¹¹ Ministry¹².

 

But like many other powerful militia commanders, General Dostum is seen by many local observers as an autonomous¹³ warlord. His troops have engaged in clashes with rival militias¹⁴ in recent months.

 

In an effort to reign¹⁵ in the militias, the Afghan government and United Nations began a nationwide disarmament program last year. The program seeks to disband all semi-independent military forces in the country and replace them with new national army units.

 

While the effort has met with some limited success, U.N. spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva says the current situation in Maimana shows the need to step up the process. "What this means really is that we need disarmament in this country. That is the bottom line," he said.

 

Factional fighting and an insurgency¹⁶ by fighters loyal to Afghanistan's former Taleban regime have slowed down preparations for elections to replace the current transitional government. The elections are scheduled for September.

 

Afghanistan [Af5^AnistAn] n. 阿富汗（西南亚国家）

deploy¹ [di5plCi] v. 派遣

factional [`fAkFEnEl] adj. 派系的

dislodge [dis5lCdV] v. 驱逐

warlord [5wC:lC:d] n. 军阀，军阀式首脑

Maimana. 麦玛纳（阿富汗的西北省分）

seizure [5si:VE] n. 抓，捉

militia [mi5liFE] n. 民兵

ethnically  adv. 人种上，民族上

Interior Minister  内务大臣

allegiance [E5li:dVEns] n. 忠贞，效忠

flee [fli:] vt. 逃避，逃跑

predominantly [pri5dCmineitli] adv. 主要的

autonomous [C:5tCnEmEs] adj. 自治的

disarmament [dis5B:mEmEnt] n. 裁军裁军

disband [dis5bAnd] v. 解散，裁减

semi-independent  不完全独立的，半独立的

insurgency [In`s\:dVEnsI] n. 叛乱，叛乱状态

regime [reI5Vi:m] n. 政权

1 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

2 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

5 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

6 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

7 ethnically   

adv.人种上，民族上

参考例句：

• Ethnically, the Yuan Empire comprised most of modern China's ethnic groups. 元朝的民族成分包括现今中国绝大多数民族。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• Russia is ethnically relatively homogeneous. 俄罗斯是个民族成分相对单一的国家。 来自辞典例句

8 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

9 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

10 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

11 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

12 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

13 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

14 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

15 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

16 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• 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