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The commander of American forces in Afghanistan General John Allen says he's very angry about the sharp rise in attacks on his troops by their Afghan colleagues. He made his comments in an interview for the CBS 60 Minutes program.
对近来阿富汗士兵对驻阿美军袭击骤增一事,美国驻阿富汗军队指挥官约翰·艾伦将军表示了愤慨。他在CBS时长60分钟的采访中发表了评论。
"I'm mad as hell about them, to be honest with you. We're going to go after this. It reverberates everywhere across the United States. We're willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign, but we're not willing to be murdered for it."
“说实话,我都被此事气疯了。我们也打算效仿他们的做法。袭击在美国全国上下激起了强烈反应。我们愿意为这里的战役做出牺牲,但我们不愿意为此被谋杀。”
However, General Allen went on to insist that most Afghans supported the western military presence in their country.
然而,艾伦将军接着还是坚持认为,大多数阿富汗人支持西方军事力量驻扎在阿富汗。
General Allen was speaking as international forces in Afghistan investigated the death of another American serviceman. Two thousand US troops have now died since fighting began 11 years ago. A US civilian contractor and three Afghan soldiers were also killed in the incident in Wardak province. The shooting was initially blamed on a rogue Afghan soldier. But an ISAP spokesman Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw said that may be wrong.