They insist they were in Afghanistan to help the poor, not to convert them.

他们坚称，他们来阿富汗是为了帮助穷人，而不是让他们改变信仰。

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These troops have rarely been at the center of the action: in Afghanistan, they stay in the relatively calm north; in Lebanon, they patrol at sea, not on land.

这些部队鲜少处于行动的中心：在阿富汗，他们留驻于相对平静的北方；在黎巴嫩，他们则在海上巡逻，而不是在陆地上。

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"NATO is not alone in Afghanistan, we should not be alone in Afghanistan, and we alone can not provide the solutions for Afghanistan," he said.

他说：“北约在阿富汗并不孤单，我们也不应该单独在阿富汗，只有我们自己并不能为阿富汗提供解决方案。”

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"There was a chance that we would go on a trip to India and Afghanistan, but apparently we're not doing that.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

And it was a fine programme exceppt it was not the right programme for the Afghanistan that need thousands of ordinary policeman patrolling the country and doing things.

项目本身不错,但是并不适合阿富汗本身,因为阿富汗需要的是成千上万的普通警察在不停地巡视，工作。

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They were disappointed with decisions like sending more troops to Afghanistan and not closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

The promising opportunities for the United States are in the Arab world (now dominated by the Arab Spring), not Afghanistan.

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If any country needs to be rebuilt, it is Pakistan, not Afghanistan.

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Pakistan is not Afghanistan, where 20 years of war so enfeebled the state that an extremist religious faction such as the Taliban could march into power largely unopposed.

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