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星期四， 2008年7月24日
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华盛顿(路透社) -五角大楼星期三在阿富汗寻求贬低增长的暴力的重要性，但拒绝说美国和北约赢取他们的与Taliban叛乱者的战斗。

在一天，当布什总统参观五角大楼与高级官员谈论伊拉克和阿富汗，五角大楼新闻秘书Geoff Morrell说另外的力量的问题为阿富汗也许留下给布什的后继者。

“它是一张混杂的图片在阿富汗”， Morrell在暴力在上升告诉记者，责备最近高涨在国家东边在外国战斗机流程从在巴基斯坦的好战的基地。

在增长的叛乱的一个标志，交战杀害了九美国。 战士在东阿富汗本月初-对美国的最致命的攻击。 队伍在国家自2005年以来。

但Morrell熔铸了给假象“天空落阿富汗暴力的媒介报告如“重写””。

“我不认为是实际情形的(防御)秘书(罗伯特门)相信”， Morrell说。

他的评论在被承受的改善之中的标志在伊拉克的来了，暴力底层看上去今年举行尽管撤退五美国。 与旅团交战去年部署作为布什的所谓的浪涌战略一部分。

“是我们注重了的战争。 那是我们现在赢取的战争”， Morrell说。

但他拒绝做同一个正面评估为阿富汗。

“唯一的事我听到了关于评断我们是否是赢取或丢失的在阿富汗是我们不在丢失的那里”， Morrell说。

增强的叛乱在阿富汗提示五角大楼官员寻找方式送更多美国。 力量向阿富汗，当前有35,000支队伍包括16,000根据北约命令。

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司令员在地面请求三个另外的作战旅团或者超过10,000位战士，并且布什同意明年送一个未公开的数字。

但Morrell说在2009将送的力量的数量可能取决于将担任职务的管理，当布什在1月时把白宫留在。

“它是否是司令员想要的三个另外的旅团，我坦率地认为，是一个问题为下管理”， Morrell说。

Both presidential candidates say they favor more combat troops for Afghanistan.

Democrat Barack Obama has said he would send at least two brigades. Republican John McCain has said commanders should get the three brigades they want but the Iraq war is his priority.

Morrell said the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff are trying to determine whether additional troops can be sent to Afghanistan sooner than 2009 and suggested they could be support troops rather than combat forces.

“In the near term, there is an effort being made to figure out what can be done … Are there additional quantities of forces or capabilities that can be provided that can help the troops on the ground there now be more successful?” he said.

“The chiefs, as is their job, are working to determine whether or not they can meet the needs of the commanders any time soon.” (Additional reporting by Andrew Gray, editing by Jackie Frank)

Reuters North American News Service

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