American soldiers are training soldiers in Niger to fight Boko Haram militants.
美国士兵正在培训尼日尔战士来打击博科圣地武装分子。
The training began October 19 in Agadez, the largest city in central Niger.
这次培训于10月19日在尼日尔最大的城市阿加德兹开始进行。
More training will follow for armies in Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad, a U.S. military official told the VOA.
美国军方一位官员对美国之音表示，紧接着还会对喀麦隆、尼日利亚和乍得的军队进行培训。
The Niger government asked for the training, Africa Command spokesman Chuck Prichard told VOA.
非洲司令部发言人查克·普里查德（Chuck Prichard）对美国之音表示，是尼日尔政府要求进行这次培训。
The training provides benefits to the African nations and the United States, said Major General Daryl Williams, commander of U.S. Army Africa.
美军陆军非洲地区指挥官达里尔·威廉姆斯(Daryl Williams)少将表示，这次培训给非洲国家和美国都带来了好处。
"This training benefits Nigeria military personnel and U.S. Army soldiers who share the mutual security goal of regional stability and security in Africa," Williams said.
威廉姆斯表示，“这次培训有利于尼日尔军事人员和美国陆军士兵维护非洲地区稳定和安全这一共同安全目标。”
News of the U.S. training mission that targets Boko Haram comes after some rare good news in the fight against the militant group.
美国针对打击博科圣地组织开展培训任务的新闻是在打击这一激进组织的战斗获得了一些难得的好消息之后。
Nigerian soldiers Tuesday rescued 338 Boko Haram captives from villages near the Sambisa Forest, Nigeria military officials reported.
尼日利亚军方官员报道称，尼日利亚士兵周二从Sambisa Forest附近的村庄解救出了338名博科圣地组织的俘虏。
The Sambisa Forest is a place where Boko Haram is active.
Sambisa Forest是博科圣地组织的活跃地区。
The rescued captives include 192 children and 138 women, the Nigerian military said. None of those rescued included any of the 276 school girls taken from a Nigerian boarding school last year.
尼日利亚军方表示，获救俘虏包括192名儿童和138名妇女。这些获救者中不包括去年尼日利亚一所学校被掳走的276名女孩中的任何一位。
Boko Haram is an Islamic militant group operating primarily in northeastern Nigeria. It is also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.
博科圣地是一家在主要在尼日利亚东北部运作的伊斯兰激进组织。该组织也在乍得、尼日尔和喀麦隆北部地区活跃。
The new U.S. training mission in Niger involves about 40 U.S. soldiers.
尼日尔这次美军培训新任务涉及了大约40名美国士兵。
Plans call for the training of about 150 Niger troops. Training details were not reported.
计划要求培训大约150名尼日尔士兵。培训细节没有公布。
But U.S. officials said training will include basic soldier skills, as well as teaching small-arms shooting.
但是美国官员表示，培训将包括基本士兵技能，以及教授轻武器射击。
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