VOA标准英语2009年-Afghanistan: NATO Strike Kills 7 Afghan Se
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)
By Sean Maroney
Kabul
07 November 2009
A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul on November 7, 2009
The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province.
NATO and Afghan forces are investigating the incident in western Afghanistan that killed members of the country's army and police.
Earlier, NATO said 25 international and Afghan soldiers were wounded in the area. Officials initially 1 blamed "insurgent 2 activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry 3 spokesman Zamary Bashary tells VOA that this is a sad incident.
"We have lost forces that are fighting in order to bring security for Afghanistan. But such attacks will never deter 4 our partnership 5 [with international forces]. This is clear that this was a mistake," he said.
He added that incidents such as this one are rare, especially after the United States imposed new restrictions 6 on air strikes in an effort to avoid civilian 7 casualties.
"The new strategy actually has worked, and it has reduced the number of civilian casualties," he said.
The troops were conducting an operation to find two missing U.S. soldiers who are believed to have drowned.
Local police officials say the two soldiers were swept away Wednesday while trying to save supply boxes that fell into the water after being air-dropped.
This year has been the deadliest for international troops in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban-led government in 2001.
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
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- The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
- Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。
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- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制