而在地面上，他的军官说，包括低空的支持在内交火的比例在上个月已经从35%下降到了17%。

But on the ground, his officials say, the share of firefights involving close air support has already fallen from 35% to 17% in the past month.

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本周的交火就夺去了300人的生命，同极端分子的斗争在巴基斯坦从来就没有受到过支持，人们认为这只是美国，阿富汗和穆沙拉夫的战争。

Fighting this week alone has claimed some 300 lives. The struggle against the extremists has been unpopular in Pakistan. It is seen as America's, Afghanistan's and Mr Musharraf's war.

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