美国希望巴国帮助制止暴力

 　　ISLAMABAD—U.S. National Security Adviser¹ Susan Rice told Pakistan’s civil and military leadership Sunday that terrorist and militant² attacks in Afghanistan have become “a key point of regional friction,” according to a senior U.S. official who briefed the media in Islamabad.

　　“Addressing this challenge,” Rice told Pakistan, “will be imperative³ for Pakistan's relations with its neighbors and with Washington, especially given the recent upsurge in violence in Kabul and the Taliban's bloody⁴ campaign this fighting season in Afghanistan.”

　　Calling the attacks “absolutely unacceptable,” the official added that the U.S. believes they were “perpetrated by the Haqqani Network” one of the deadliest militant groups of the Afghan Taliban. The network’s senior leadership is believed to be hiding in Pakistan. Afghanistan has often accused Pakistan of providing safe havens⁵ to militants⁶ who carry out attacks inside Afghanistan.

　　Rice also discussed with the Pakistani leadership “specific measures” that Pakistan can take to help reduce violence in Afghanistan.

　　US Wants Pakistan to Help Reduce Violence in Afghanistan

　　A senior Pakistani security official told VOA “the discussions were frank and candid⁷.”

　　“We told them that peace and stability in Afghanistan was the responsibility of all sides and stake holders,” the Pakistani official said. “They talked about the Haqqani network and we shared our concerns.”

　　Collective efforts needed

　　The head of Islamabad’s state-run Institute of Strategic Studies, Masood Khan, said securing the 2,500-kilometer mostly porous⁸ border with Afghanistan and countering terrorism require collective efforts.

　　“We know that there are terrorists on this side of the border, and there are terrorists on that side, and this is a common enemy and we are trying to wrestle⁹ it down," he said. "We are trying to neutralize¹⁰ this enemy, this monster, and it has to be a collective effort of the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

　　In their discussions with Rice, Pakistani officials insisted that Kabul was responsible for the lack of progress in peace and reconciliation¹¹ with the Taliban, according to the Pakistani official.

　　He also said Rice “appreciated Pakistan’s military operation in North Waziristan and acknowledged its impact.”

　　Uptick in terrorist attacks

　　A senior U.S. official said Rice told her Pakistani hosts that Washington shares Afghan “concerns” and “anguish” about the uptick in terrorist attacks that the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network has recently staged in Kabul.

　　The violence has killed or wounded hundreds of people, mostly civilians¹².

　　The official told reporters in Islamabad at the end of Rice's meetings that she called the Haqqani-perpetrated violence “absolutely unacceptable” and said Washington also is “very concerned” about possible future attacks in Afghanistan.

　　Pakistan has insisted that its military operation in North Waziristan has targeted all militants without discrimination.

　　Opportunities to 'degrade the Taliban'

　　Rice also told Pakistan to “take advantage of the death of Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership transition,” which provides opportunities to “degrade the Taliban” and “reduce violence,” according to the senior U.S. official.

　　Pakistan hosted the first official round of talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in early July. A later round was cancelled when news broke that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been dead for two years. Since then, Taliban attacks in Afghanistan have intensified¹³.

　　Susan Rice was in Pakistan at the invitation of the Pakistani government, as part of her trip to Asia. Contrary to reports in the local media, this trip was planned weeks ago and was not an “emergency visit” in response to rising tensions with its eastern neighbor India, State Department officials in Washington clarified.

　　However, the India-Pakistan tensions did come under discussion. Rice was interested, the senior U.S. official said, in “hearing from Pakistan authorities their thoughts on how to reduce tensions with India.”

　　During her brief visit, Rice met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, and other senior officials.

　　Ambassador Rice also invited Prime Minister Sharif to visit the White House on October 22, to meet with President Barack Obama.

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

4 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

5 havens   

n.港口，安全地方( haven的名词复数 )v.港口，安全地方( haven的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Your twenty havens would back out at the last minute anyhow. 你那二十个避难所到了最后一分钟也要不认帐。 来自辞典例句
• Using offshore havens to avoid taxes and investor protections. 使用海面的港口避免税和投资者保护。 来自互联网

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。

8 porous   

adj.可渗透的，多孔的

参考例句：

• He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
• The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。

9 wrestle   

vi.摔跤，角力；搏斗；全力对付

参考例句：

• He taught his little brother how to wrestle.他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
• We have to wrestle with difficulties.我们必须同困难作斗争。

10 neutralize   

v.使失效、抵消，使中和

参考例句：

• Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
• Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。

11 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

12 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

13 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》