American-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in late two thousand one, after the terrorist attacks on the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

In the first half of 2009, the army special forces company I was with repeatedly try to interdict Taliban.

009年的上半年，我跟随着一个特种部队,我们屡次想要阻断塔利班分子。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.

我们原以为,在六个月到一年之内塔利班分子会减少成为一个很小的势利。

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The Taliban has regrouped with support from al-Qaida, which operates from safe refuge along the border with Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

President Karzai has for a very long time want to bring the Taliban into the main stream.

很长时间依赖卡尔扎伊总统,就想把塔利班分子拉回主流社会。

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President Obama aims to defeat the Taliban by sending more troops and development aid to Afghanistan while reducing troop strength in Iraq.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

The challenge is greater because in 2001 we had a fairly easy victory over the Taliban.

说挑战大,那是因为2001年在与塔利班的较量中，我们轻松地获胜。

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That was the most since the American-led invasion in two thousand one that ousted the Taliban government.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

In my experience, decisions moved with the process of risks, mitigation like malaises When the Taliban arrived in the village, it takes 96 hours for an army commander to obtain necessary approvals to act.

以我的经验来看，决定的执行是有一定的风险的,当塔利班分子进入到村子后，一个军队指挥官要花去96个小时来获得必要的批准才能行动。

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Afghanistan,with help from one hundred thousand foreign troops, is battling an insurgency led by the Taliban.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

You have discribed the border as a safe where things the Taliban just go over there, when they are chased by the Afghan troops and Nato and then they come back then things are a little bit cooler.

您把这个边境线描写成一个关卡,当塔利班分子被阿富汗和北约军队追击时，他们就越过边界线,风声不紧时，他们又通过这个关卡回来。

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This offensive is already producing dramatic success, including the capture of senior Taliban leaders, the routing of their forces and the stabilization of key areas."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

We heard yesterday here at pond in Prinston, that the Parkistani government would like us to target other people, people who are leading the Taliban troops against their government rather than the people we want targeting who was leading the fighting in Afghnastan.

昨天我在普林斯顿的一个小湖边听到有人说，巴基斯坦政府想要我们去袭击其他人，那些反对政府的塔利班分子头目,而不是我们想要针对的人,这些人领导着阿富汗的斗争。

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"We are going to break the Taliban's momentum. We are going to build Afghan capacity.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The American-led invasion eight years ago removed the Taliban government that sheltered Osama bin Laden.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

The government of Swat province signed the deal with representatives of local Taliban militants.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

And they have suggested that Taliban fighters were responsible for killing some civilians.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Taliban and al-Qaida forces have made recent gains in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

At first the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the failed bombing.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

At that time, the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

The Taliban had threatened to attack voters.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

"You don't have to have access to high levels of al-Qaida or the Taliban to get rudimentary tradecraft and bomb-making training."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Provinces such as Kunduz and Balkh, which previously were relatively stable, are now seeing very high levels of Taliban activity,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

But while the military releases daily updates for soldier and Taliban casualties, it has not released such figures for civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The latest attack in Kabul blamed on the Taliban took place just outside the military gate at the capital's international airport.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The political uncertainty comes as Afghanistan faces its worst violence since the invasion that ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Army spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, says security forces were able to intercept a phone conversation of Pakistani Taliban deputy leader,Wali-ur-Rehman.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

This year has been the deadliest for international troops in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban-led government in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

In a statement released Saturday, the Taliban denounced the election as an "American process" and vowed to disrupt it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

A similar missile attack in the neighboring South Waziristan border region in early August killed Pakistani Taliban leader Baituallah Mehsud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14