2016考研双语新闻阅读：美和阿富汗对基地组织发动攻击
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The United States military says it has conducted amajor air and ground
operation with Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan together, killing"numerous"
al-Qaida militants.
美国军方说，他们与阿富汗政府军在阿富汗南部发动大规模空中和地面攻势，消灭了大量基地组织激进分子。
Based on months of intelligence gathering and planning, the operation was
launched onOctober 7 in Shorabak district of Kandahar province and was concluded
Sunday, a U.S.military statement said on Tuesday.
美军星期二发表声明说，根据几个月来收集的情报和策划，攻击行动10月7日星期三在坎大哈省的沙拉巴克地区开始，星期天结束。
It says that more than 200 American and Afghan forces took part in the
offensive thatinvolved 63 U.S. precision airstrikes while Afghan forces engaged
in several battles on theground against al-Qaida networks at two related
sites.
声明说，有200多名美国和阿富汗军人参加了这次行动。美军进行了63次精确空袭行动，
阿富汗军队对基地组织的两个据点发动地面攻势，与基地组织交火。
"This is one of the largest joint ground-assault operations we have ever
conducted inAfghanistan," the statement quoted Brigadier General Wilson
Shoffner, a U.S. militaryspokesman in Afghanistan.
美军声明援引驻阿富汗美军发言人肖夫纳将军的话说：“这是美军在阿富汗发动的最大规模联合攻势之一。”
Shoffner said the al-Qaida sanctuary was struck in the center of the
Taliban's historicheartland, demonstrating "the growing capability of the Afghan
security forces."
他还说，攻击基地组织长期以来藏身的塔利班心脏地带，表明阿富汗安全部队的能力不断增长。
"The first site, a well-established training camp, spanned approximately
one square mile. Thesecond site covered nearly 30 square miles ,"
Shoffner added.
肖夫纳将军说，攻击的两个据点，一个是基地组织训练营地，面积不到三平方公里;另外一个地点将近80平方公里。
The spokesman said the joint offensive seized a large amount of data and
weapons, includinganti-aircraft guns, rocket-propelled grenade systems with
associated hardware and warheads.The digital media equipment collected from the
site showed it was also a large media cell of theterrorist network.
他还说，联合行动缴获了大量数据和武器，包括防空炮和火箭筒等。缴获的数字媒体设备显示，基地恐怖组织有一个庞大的媒体网络。
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