双语新闻：卡尔扎伊将与美国官方讨论阿富汗前途问题 Karzai, U.S. Officials Consider Afghan Future

10 January, 2013

阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊星期四将在华盛顿会晤美国国防部长帕内塔和国务卿希拉里·克林顿，同时奥巴马总统领导的行政当局正在考虑美国未来在阿富汗的军事存在问题。

星期四上午，国防部五角大楼将为卡尔扎伊举行阅兵式，随后卡尔扎伊将与帕内塔举行会谈。

预定日程，卡尔扎伊将在星期四傍晚会晤希拉里·克林顿。会谈结束后，他将与希拉里·克林顿共进工作晚餐。

卡尔扎伊在五角大楼和国务院进行会谈的一天后，将单独会晤美国总统奥巴马。预计两位领导人将讨论安全问题，即大部分美国军队于2014年撤离阿富汗后，美国在阿富汗可能的驻军人数和条件。

目前的计划规定到2014年底美国将撤离几乎全部驻守在阿富汗的6万8千名部队。

但是，有关进行那项计划将根据很多情况而定，包括阿富汗军队届时是否有能力接管安全事务。此外，如果将来有美军留驻阿富汗，目前还不清楚他们的使命。

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to meet in Washington Thursday with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as the Obama administration deliberates the U.S. military future in Afghanistan.

Mr. Karzai is set to meet with Panetta early in the day Thursday, following a full military honors ceremony to welcome him to the Pentagon.

He is scheduled to meet with Secretary Clinton in the early evening and will then join her for a working dinner.

Mr. Karzai's talks at the Pentagon and the State Department come one day ahead of a one-on-one meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. The two leaders are expected to discuss security issues, namely how many U.S. troops might be stationed in Afghanistan after the majority pull out in 2014, and under what conditions.

Current plans call for the United States to withdraw nearly all of its 68,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be capable of taking over security at that time. It is also not clear what would be the role of the Americans who stay behind, if any do remain.