駐阿富汗美軍司令稱新戰略開始奏效
The commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan says the Trump administration’s strategy for the war-torn country is yielding progress, despite no significant changes on the battlefield and several deadly Taliban attacks.
Last year, the Trump administration called for a conditions-based deployment of U.S. troops in support for Afghan forces. Nicholson said this approach on the battlefield “has affected the enemy’s calculus” and pushed them toward reconciliation.
He said the Taliban now has the incentive to negotiate because the coalition has “clearly communicated” that they are not leaving, pointing to two peace offers and a cease-fire as evidence of the progress.
From 2017 to 2018, Taliban control of the Afghan population has grown slightly from 9 percent to 12 percent, with about a quarter of the population living in areas contested by the Taliban and the Afghan government, according to the latest data from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Nicholson said the lack of change with respect to the Afghan government’s population control has been predicated on what he called the Afghan military’s “works in progress,” namely the growth in the number of Afghan commandos and the growth in the Afghan air force.
Once those two forces are strengthened in the next year or two, Nicholson said he believes the Afghans will be able to “expand control.”在阿富汗的美軍和國際部隊指揮官說，川普行政當局在阿富汗這個飽受戰爭創傷的國家的戰略開始奏效，儘管戰場上沒有重大變化以及塔利班武裝發動了若干造成多人傷亡的攻擊。
川普行政當局去年提出根據阿富汗具體情況部署美軍，支持阿富汗政府軍。在阿富汗的美軍司令尼科爾森說，這個在戰場上實施的戰略影響了敵人的策劃，迫使他們走向和解的方向。
他說，塔利班受到進行談判的激勵，因爲聯軍“明確表示”不會撤出阿富汗。取得的進展包括兩項和平倡議和一項停火協議。
根據阿富汗重建特別檢察長辦公室的統計，從2017年到2018年，塔利班控制的阿富汗人口從9%增加到12%。在塔利班和政府軍爭奪的地區，塔利班控制了大約四分之一人口。
尼科爾森將軍說，阿富汗政府控制的人口比例變化不大在預期之中，阿富汗正在加強軍隊，包括增加特種部隊的數量和擴建空軍。
他說，這兩項任務在今後一兩年完成之後，阿富汗政府將能夠擴大其控制區。
