Despite considerable effort by the international community in Afghanistan since 2001 to eliminate the Taliban and al Qaeda, the insurgency in the south of the country has gathered momentum at breakneck speed in recent months. Our field research shows that we are not winning the campaign for the hearts and minds of the Afghan people – the Taliban are.
尽管国际社会自2001年以来在铲除塔利班和“基地组织”方面付出了巨大的努力，但近几个月来，该国南部叛乱的形势还是以非常危险的速度发展着。实地调查表明，我们正在赢得阿富汗民心的较量中落败—而塔利班却正在胜出。的确，国际社会对抗叛乱和铲除罂粟作物的方式其实助长了叛乱分子的力量。