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By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad, Pakistan
03 August 2007
Pakistani and Afghan leaders will meet August 9-12 to discuss cross-border security issues in a landmark1 assembly or grand jirga. The four-day talks come as extremists continue to inflict2 heavy casualties in both countries. From Islamabad VOA, correspondent Benjamin Sand reports.
The talks were organized last year during a rare meeting between the Afghan and Pakistani presidents in Washington.
Pakistani, Afghan and US leaders
Relations between the South Asian neighbors are at a low. Both sides blame the other for a surge in violence that has affected3 the entire region.
Afghanistan's six-year Taleban insurgency4 is bloodier5 than ever. More than 6,000 people have been killed in the past 18 months.
Afghan officials say most of the militants6 are based in hidden camps inside Pakistan.
But Pakistani officials insist it is a two way street. They say Afghanistan's insecurity is destabilizing both sides of the border.
In July, pro-Taleban militants battled government forces in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. More than 100 people died in the eight-day stand-off.
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U.S. officials strongly back the talks. Both countries are critical allies in the U.S.-led war against terrorism.
But security experts in Afghanistan and Pakistan say the jirga will likely not produce major breakthroughs. Retired8 Pakistani General Talat Masood is among those who expect modest progress. "In a best-case scenario9 we could think that they are showing a renewed commitment," he said. "They are showing the urgency and the great threat that this region is facing."
More than 700 people are expected to attend the jirga in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Participants will include political leaders from both countries as well as tribal10 elders and prominent religious figures.
In the coming months, a similar jirga is to be held in Pakistan.
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n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标 | |
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vt.(on)把…强加给,使遭受,使承担 | |
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adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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n.起义;暴动;叛变 | |
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adj.血污的( bloody的比较级 );流血的;屠杀的;残忍的 | |
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6 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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(unify 的过去式和过去分词); 统一的; 统一标准的; 一元化的 | |
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adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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n.剧本,脚本;概要 | |
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10 tribal | |
adj.部族的,种族的 | |
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