Two years and two leaders later, the tensions remain and the Taliban control more territory in both countries.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

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 is trying to bring security to a hamlet - we pull out, the hamlet no longer has security, and the Taliban take over.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

So we recommitted our nations to a reconciliation process between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

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But the reconciliation process has to be between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

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The great unknown in the process remains the role of insecurity and the Taliban opposition.

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