德國總理默克爾訪問阿富汗

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a previously unannounced trip to Afghanistan to visit with German troops serving on the NATO peacekeeping force there.

Ms. Merkel arrived Friday in northern Afghanistan, according to German officials. Her visit comes less than a week after a German soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in northern Afghanistan.

Germany has the third-largest International troop deployment in Afghanistan, after the United States and Britain. It currently has about 4,200 troops in the NATO International Security Assistance Force.德國總理默克爾突然對阿富汗進行了一次事先未宣佈的訪問，視察了駐阿富汗的北約維和部隊中的德國軍隊。

據德國官員說，默克爾星期五抵達阿富汗的北部。在默克爾訪問的不到一個星期前，一名德國軍人在阿富汗北部的一次反叛分子的攻擊中喪生。

北約各國在阿富汗的北約國際安全援助部隊中的數量美國最多，英國第二，德國第三，德國軍隊的人數目前大約有4200名。