The US media and government focus their rhetoric on the possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal falling into Taliban hands. The other obvious Western concern – recently expressed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown – is the threat of a “crucible of terrorism” in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan endangering world security.
美国媒体与政府将关注的焦点放在巴基斯坦的核武库落入塔利班之手的可能性上；此外，西方另一个显而易见的、并在近期由英国首相戈登·布朗表达的关注点在于：地处阿富汗与巴基斯坦两国边境地区的“恐怖主义坩埚”对于世界安全构成的威胁。