美國阿富汗政策等待白宮的決定

It has been three months since the top commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan said he needed a few thousand more troops to break a "stalemate" in the war-torn country, and the Trump administration has yet to announce its policy plans.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said this week that no decision has been made, and he urged reporters not to "get ahead" of the policymaking process.

Military officials told VOA that policy plans could include sending a few thousand more international troops to Afghanistan.

The number of troops that the United States will add to the fight in Afghanistan will depend on how many additional forces NATO supplies to expand the battle against terrorists there, Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Israel on Tuesday.

Officials told VOA that President Donald Trump has not yet been briefed on an Afghanistan defense plan, but experts said plans are expected to be discussed later this month.

U.S. officials said the administration's developing policy would focus less on international troop numbers needed and more on providing resources for increased Afghan air power and special forces. The importance of the counterterror mission has increased since Islamic State fighters moved into the country.

That, coupled with supporting a long-term Afghan fight against the Taliban, leads many experts to believe that unlike the Obama administration, Trump's policy will not set timelines and troop boundaries.自從在阿富汗的美國以及國際部隊高層指揮官表示，他需要幾千美軍增援，打破這個飽受戰爭蹂躪的國家的“僵局”後已經過去三個月了，但是川普政府還沒有宣佈其政策計劃。

白宮發言人斯派塞本週表示尚未作出決定，並敦促記者不要走在政策制定過程的“前面”。

軍方官員告訴美國之音，政策計劃可能包括向阿富汗增派幾千名國際部隊。

美軍參謀長聯席會議主席鄧福德星期二在以色列說，美國向阿富汗戰鬥增派的部隊人數取決於北約將增派多少部隊，以擴大打擊恐怖主義的戰鬥。

有關官員告訴美國之音，川普總統尚未聽取阿富汗國防計劃的情況介紹，但是，專家說，有關計劃估計將在本月晚些時候討論。

美國官員說，政策將不着重於所需的國際部隊人數，而是更多放在爲增加阿富汗的空中力量和特種部隊提供資源。自從伊斯蘭國戰鬥人員進入阿富汗以來，反恐使命更爲重要了。

加上阿富汗打擊塔利班的長期戰鬥，很多專家認爲，同奧巴馬政府不同，川普的政策不會設定時間表和軍隊的限制。