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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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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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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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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