2007年VOA标准英语-Afghan Government Recruiting Thousands of Auxil

By Benjamin Sand
Kandahar, Afghanistan
10 January 2007
 
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Afghan police trainees¹
With violence on the rise throughout Afghanistan, the Kabul government is recruiting thousands of auxiliary² police to combat a growing insurgency³.  The auxiliaries⁴ will relieve Afghanistan's thin-stretched international security forces and regular police, but they get only the most basic training. 
Supporters see the new auxiliary police force as critical in the effort to beat back the Taleban, but critics say the program is fueling the violence by rearming local militias⁶.  And there are reports that Taleban extremists may have infiltrated⁷ the police auxiliaries.  VOA's Benjamin Sand reports from a police-training center in southern Afghanistan.

A final practice shot before heading out to face the real enemy...

Every 14 days, more than 200 men pass through this training compound in Kandahar.  In two weeks they are expected to learn how to use a weapon and handle explosives, how to make arrests and uphold the Afghan constitution.

Ttwo of the young recruits, Jalil Luden and Noor Mohammed, are confident.

Luden, is 19 years old. He says, "We are not scared.  It is my own country.  We have to help." Mohammed, 20,  adds, "Our country is like our own mother.  We will defend her from any enemy, from any terrorist."

In the next 12 months the government plans to deploy⁸ more than 11,000 auxiliary police.  U.S. and Canadian forces at centers like this one will train them.

Most will be stationed in four key southern provinces, including the Taleban's traditional strongholds in Kandahar and Helmand.

These are the front lines for Afghanistan's young democracy, fighting against the hard-line Islamic Taleban insurgency.  The national army is stretched thin, and the police are the only security force in many isolated⁹ regions.

Here in Kandahar, the police say they can not cope with the surge in militant¹⁰ activity.

Many local police units say they have less than half the equipment they need.  Outmanned and outgunned, they are losing ground to Taleban extremists.  Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai announced the new auxiliary force in response to those concerns. The auxiliary police are supposed to reinforce regular units in the hardest-hit areas. 

 
Sergeant¹¹ Mark Davidson
Sergeant Mark Davidson, the head police trainer at this base, talks about the relationship between the Afghan National Police force, which he calls A.N.P., and the national auxiliary police, or A.N.A.P.  "It's very important that these (auxiliary) A.N.A.P. get trained to an adequate level as soon as possible, so that we can put them out with the (regular) A.N.P. in a support position, doing the jobs that A.N.P. would normally be doing, so they [the police regulars] can be free to do other tasks."

But there is mounting opposition¹² to the new auxiliary force, which critics say is little more than a legalized militia⁵.

Many of the recruits used to work for local warlords.  After just two weeks here, the question is, will the new policemen be more loyal to their former bosses or to the Afghan government, based hundreds of kilometers away in Kabul?

A second, more troubling concern arises from suspicions that Taleban members have infiltrated the new police force.  American trainers say as many as one in 10 of the new recruits is a Taleban agent. 

 
General Nasrullah Zarifi
General Nasrullah Zarifi is the senior Afghan official at the Kandahar training compound.  He says, in fact, it is a good sign that the Taleban are joining the police. "All of us call the insurgents¹³ our unhappy brothers.  We want them to come and work with us.  We have no problem with them; our doors are always open for them."

Most new recruits are local men, and for many this is their first job.  Southern Afghanistan's unemployment rate is estimated at 40 percent or higher, after decades of war and civil conflict. 

General Zarifi and others force argue that without these jobs, the Taleban would almost certainly entice¹⁴ some of these young police recruits into joining the insurgency. 

Even so, $70 a month from the government is hardly enough to support their families.  The Taleban reportedly pays its fighters at least $200 a month.

And so the battle for hearts and minds continues, and the fight to secure southern Afghanistan has little end in sight.

1 trainees   

新兵( trainee的名词复数 )； 练习生； 接受训练的人； 训练中的动物

参考例句：

• We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
• The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

2 auxiliary   

adj.辅助的，备用的

参考例句：

• I work in an auxiliary unit.我在一家附属单位工作。
• The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.这家医院装有备用发电系统以防灯火管制。

3 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

4 auxiliaries   

n.助动词 ( auxiliary的名词复数 )；辅助工，辅助人员

参考例句：

• These auxiliaries have made our work much easier. 有了这些辅助人员，我们的工作才顺利多了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• In English the future tense is often rendered by means of auxiliaries. 在英语中，将来时常用助动词来表现。 来自辞典例句

5 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

6 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

7 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

9 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

10 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

11 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

14 entice   

v.诱骗，引诱，怂恿

参考例句：

• Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
• I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白，为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。