阿富汗士兵和当地民众仍然在废墟中挖掘，关于谁应该为这次爆炸事件以及越来越普遍的平民伤亡负责的争吵蔓延开来。

With Afghan soldiers and local people still frantically digging through the rubble, a row broke out over who was responsible for the bombing and over the more general issue of civilian casualties.

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有些国家担心空中围剿时间过长或过于激烈可能造成平民伤亡，并且担心出于对西方国家意图有着根深蒂固的不信任感，愤怒的民众可能会强烈反对。

Others worry that a prolonged or fiercer aerial siege could cause civilian casualties, and an angry popular backlash, building on deeply ingrained distrust of Western intentions.

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他说：“我们必须避免那种困境，即战术上获胜——却在战略上失败——由于造成了平民伤亡或过度的破坏而与民众产生隔阂”。

“We must avoid the trap of winning tactical victories—but suffering strategic defeats—by causing civilian casualties or excessive damage and thus alienating the people,” he says.

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