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星期四， 2008年7月24日
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華盛頓(路透社) -五角大樓尋求貶低增長的暴力的重要性在阿富汗，但拒绝的星期三說美國和北約贏取他們的與Taliban叛亂者的戰鬥。

在一天，當布什總統參觀五角大樓與高級官員談論伊拉克和阿富汗，五角大樓新聞秘書Geoff Morrell說另外的力量的問題為阿富汗也許留下給布什的後繼者。

「它是一張混雜的圖片在阿富汗」， Morrell在暴力在上升告訴記者，責備最近高漲在國家東邊在外國戰鬥機流程從在巴基斯坦的好戰的基地。

在增長的叛亂的一個標誌，交戰殺害了九美國。 戰士在東阿富汗本月初-對美國的最致命的攻擊。 隊伍在國家自2005年以來。

但Morrell熔鑄了給假象「天空落阿富汗暴力的媒介報告如「重寫」」。

「我不認為是實際情形的(防禦)秘書(羅伯特門)相信」， Morrell說。

他的評論在被承受的改善之中的標誌在伊拉克的來了，暴力底層看上去今年舉行儘管撤退五美國。 與旅團交戰去年部署作為布什的所謂的浪湧戰略一部分。

「是我們注重了的戰爭。 那是我們現在贏取的戰爭」， Morrell說。

但他拒绝做同一個正面評估為阿富汗。

「唯一的事我聽到了關於評斷我們是否是贏取或丟失的在阿富汗是我們不在丟失的那裡」， Morrell說。

增強的叛亂在阿富汗提示五角大樓官員尋找方式送更多美國。 力量向阿富汗，當前有35,000支隊伍包括16,000根據北約命令。

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司令員在地面請求三個另外的作戰旅團或者超過10,000位戰士，并且布什同意明年送一個未公開的數字。

但Morrell說在2009將送的力量的數量可能取決於將擔任職務的管理，當布什在1月時把白宮留在。

「它是否是司令員想要的三個另外的旅團，我坦率地認為，是一個問題為下管理」， Morrell說。

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)

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