VOA标准英语2012--US Says Haqqanis Behind Afghan Attacks
时间：2012-04-17 06:12:43
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US Says Haqqanis Behind Afghan Attacks
The coalition1 says the attacks mark the start of the spring fighting season in Afghanistan.
Militants2 pounded Kabul and other parts of eastern Afghanistan in
coordinated3 attacks for nearly 18 hours. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
But U.S.
Defense4 Secretary Leon Panetta says that is not so.
“The intelligence indicates that the Haqqanis were behind the attacks that took place," said Panetta.
Panetta told reporters U.S. intelligence knew the attacks were coming, and the militants achieved nothing.
“There were no tactical gains here," he said. "These are
isolated5 attacks that are done for
symbolic6 purposes and they have not
regained7 any territory.”
U.S. officials are
portraying8 the attack as a sign that the Afghan security forces they are training are now more capable of
standing9 up to the militants on their own. Afghan soldiers and police led the fight against the
insurgents10.
General Martin Dempsey is the top officer in the U.S. military:
“The French provided a couple of helicopters," said Dempsey. "We provided a couple of helicopters, but this was very much an Afghan show.”
But while Afghan forces won American praise for how well they fought, their president blamed the assault on NATO intelligence failures.
The attacks also raise broader questions of what lies ahead when U.S. forces leave in 2014.
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