It would be a mistake to disconnect the situation on the battlefield from the reconciliation process. If NATO’s forces work sufficiently well, they might weaken the insurgency enough that the Afghan military could prove adequate to overcoming the remaining hard-liners, even after foreign troops reverse their current surge and scale down their presence during the next few years.
但这种把战场形势与和谈进程分开对待的理念是错误的。事实上，假如北约部队的表现足够好的话，他们就能把反动武装力量削弱到一定程度，那么就算未来几年联军收缩军事行动并减少驻阿部队的数量，也足以创造一个大好局面，好让阿富汗军队去收拾残余的强硬分子，证明自己维护国内局势的能力，为政府赢得更好的谈判筹码。