首先，让我们来关注一下阿富汗的进展：上周末是北约会议的重点。

First up, figuring out a way forward in Afghanistan: the focus of a NATO meeting this past weekend.

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正如许多欧洲国家长期呼吁的那样，美国及其北约盟国理应促成这一进展。这也正是阿富汗人民多年的心声。

And it is right for America and its Allies in NATO to facilitate this process, as many Europeans have long advocated, and as Afghans have wanted all along.

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即使对彼得雷乌斯将军取得的进展印象深刻，然而大多数分析家对阿富汗的前景持悲观态度。

But most analysts, even if impressed by General Petraeus's progress, are gloomy about Afghanistan.

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