Afghan officials contend that Taleban guerrillas use Pakistani territory as a staging area for their cross-border attacks.

阿富汗官员声称，塔里班武装利用巴基斯坦领土做为越境袭击的基地。

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"It's worth recalling that six million Afghan children now go to school, one-third of them girls," he said. "that's two million girls in school, when under the Taleban there were none."

值得指出的是如今600万阿富汗儿童在上学，其中三分之一是女孩，也就是200万女孩在校念书，而在塔利班统治时期这个数字是零，一个女孩都没上学。

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The Russians helped provide information on Afghanistan before and during the war against the Taleban.

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He also asked for strong diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, who are the Taleban's strongest international backers.

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The rebel Northern Alliance in Afghanistan say the US strikes have crippled the Taleban's fighting ability.

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