美国阿富汗签署双边安全协议 Afghanistan,US Sign Security Pact

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阿富汗新政府与美国签署了推迟已久的双边安全协议,协议将允许12月31日国际战斗任务结束后继续在阿富汗驻扎大约一万两千名外国军队。
 
阿富汗国家安全顾问哈尼夫.阿特马尔和美国驻阿富汗大使詹姆斯.坎宁安代表两国在协议上签字。签字仪式通过电视转播。一天前,阿什拉夫.加尼正式宣誓就任阿富汗总统。

坎宁安说,这项协议是阿富汗人民通过新当选领导人所作出的选择。

阿富汗前总统卡尔扎伊一直反对签署安全协议,理由之一是外国军队2001年推翻塔利班之后进驻阿富汗造成平民死亡。

根据星期二签署的协议, 大约1万名美军和两千名北约军队2014年之后将留在阿富汗。

Afghanistan's new government and the United States have signed a long-delayed security agreement that will allow about 12,000 foreign soldiers to remain in Afghanistan when the international combat mission ends December 31.

National security adviser Hanif Atmar and U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham signed the deal in a televised ceremony in Kabul , a day after Ashraf Ghani took over as Afghanistan's president.

Cunningham said the pact was the choice of the Afghan people, through their newly elected leadership.

Outgoing President Hamid Karzai was a long-time opponent of the pact, citing in part the civilian death toll during the tenure of international troops in the country since the Taliban was ousted in 2001.

Under Tuesday's agreement, approximately 10,000 U.S. troops and 2,000 NATO forces will stay in Afghanistan after 2014.