奧巴馬：美國仍致力於阿富汗使命大綱

U.S. President Barack Obama has marked the one year anniversary of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death with a quick trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul and delivering an election-year message to the American people that the Afghan war is winding down. In televised remarks broadcast to Americans late Tuesday from Bagram Airbase, Mr. Obama reaffirmed the transition in Afghanistan -- with U.S. combat troops completing their withdrawal and Afghans taking full security control of their country by 2014. The president said the United States will continue to support counterterrorism and training efforts in Afghanistan, but "will not build permanent bases" in the country. Hours earlier, Mr. Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement outlining the U.S. role in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

In his speech Tuesday, President Obama made clear, "our goal is not to build a country in America's image, or to eradicate every vestige of the Taliban," objectives that would "require many more years, many more dollars and many more American lives." The U.S. leader said the goal is to destroy al-Qaida. The U.S.-Afghan strategic agreement does not commit the United States to any specific troop presence but pledges American aid for Afghanistan for at least a decade after the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops. Around 90,000 U.S. troops currently serve in Afghanistan. Some 33,000 American forces will have pulled out of Afghanistan by September of this year.美國總統奧巴馬在基地組織領導人本拉登被擊斃一週年之際對阿富汗進行短暫訪問，其間與喀布爾簽署了一項戰略伙伴協議， 並在選舉年向美國選民傳達了一個信息，即阿富汗戰爭行將結束。奧巴馬星期二晚從巴格拉姆空軍基地發表電視講話時重申了在阿富汗的移交行動，即美國將在 2014年前完成作戰部隊的撤軍，由阿富汗方面完全接管阿富汗的安全防衛。奧巴馬說，美國將繼續支持阿富汗的反恐和培訓行動，但“不會在阿富汗修建永久性基地”。幾個小時前，奧巴馬和阿富汗總統卡爾扎伊簽署戰略合作協議。該協議描述了2014年以後，美國在阿富汗扮演的角色。

奧巴馬總統星期二在講話中明確表示，“我們的目的不是按照美國的設想建立一個國家，也不是剷除塔利班的一切殘餘，”這樣的目標將“耗費很多年、很多美元、以及很多美國人的生命。”奧巴馬說，美國的目的是摧毀基地組織。美國與阿富汗的戰略協議沒有規定美國繼續在阿富汗駐軍，但保證美國在從阿富汗全部撤軍後至少十年內爲阿富汗提供援助。目前大約有9萬名美軍在阿富汗服役。到今年9月，大約3萬3千美軍將撤離阿富汗。