美国总统奥巴马周日突然到访阿富汗，这一未事先宣布的访问历时六小时，一方面是给驻阿美军打气，同时也是为了敦促阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊 (Hamid Karzai)更迅速地打击政府腐败行为。
President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan unannounced Sunday in a six-hour visit to rally thousands of U.S. troops and press his Afghan counterpart to move more quickly to fight government corruption.
这是奥巴马就任美国总统14个月以来首次访问阿富汗。出于安全原因，此次行程一直对外保密。白宫上周四才通知卡尔扎伊奥巴马要访问阿富 汗。奥巴马对外宣称他要与家人在戴维营渡周末，但却于上周六晚乘坐空军一号总统专机飞往阿富汗。
The trip, Mr. Obama's first to the war zone since taking office 14 months ago, was shrouded in secrecy for security reasons. The White House informed Afghan President Hamid Karzai of the visit on Thursday. Mr. Obama was ostensibly spending the weekend with his family at Camp David, Md., when he took off for Afghanistan on Air Force One on Saturday night.
美国政府的官员说，奥巴马在腐败和毒品走私问题上对卡尔扎伊采取了强硬态度。自从在有争议的总统选举中获胜后，卡尔扎伊政府的统治基础一直不牢 固。
Administration officials said Mr. Obama took a hard line with Mr. Karzai -- whose government has been on shaky ground since winning a disputed election -- over corruption and drug trafficking.
两位领导人还讨论了与有和解意愿的敌对势力讲和、以及让他们重新融入阿富汗社会的问题。在阿富汗总统官邸与卡尔扎伊短暂会晤后，奥巴马前去视察 驻阿美军。卡尔扎伊在会晤中对美国纳税人为重建阿富汗所做的贡献表示了感谢。
The two leaders also discussed ongoing efforts to make peace with willing insurgents and reintegrate them into Afghan society. After a brief meeting at the Presidential Palace in which Mr. Karzai thanked U.S. taxpayers for rebuilding his country, Mr. Obama moved on to a visit with U.S. troops.
奥巴马身穿短夹克来到美军驻阿富汗巴格拉姆(Bagram)基地的一座大帐篷内，向数千名欢呼着的美军士兵发表了约20分钟的讲话。
The president, wearing a bomber jacket, spoke for about 20 minutes to thousands of cheering troops inside a cavernous tent at the U.S. base in Bagram.
他对美军士兵们说，我今天来这里的主要工作是代表全体美国人民对你们说声谢谢。成百上千的现场士兵都把相机举过头顶拍照留念。奥巴马说，你们正 把希望和机会带给饱受苦难的阿富汗人民。
'My main job here today is to say thank you on behalf of the entire American people,' he told the soldiers, hundreds of whom held cameras above their heads. 'You are bringing hope and opportunity to a people who know a lot of pain and suffering.'
他说，过去几个月随着美国对阿富汗大量增兵，阿富汗安全局势已经取得进展。他再次强调了将美军派往阿富汗的意义，说美国曾被那些在阿富汗境内活 动的人进行过恶意攻击。
He said progress has been made in the past few months of the troop surge and again stated the case for committing U.S. troops here, saying America was 'viciously attacked' by people who 'operate within the confines of Afghanistan.'
奥巴马发表讲话后又前往附近一个诊所会见了受伤官兵，并顺便前往一处食堂，与约50名其他官兵进行了交谈。
Mr. Obama then met with wounded servicemen in a nearby medical clinic and stopped by a chow hall to chat with about 50 others.
在奥巴马此次访阿前几周，驻阿富汗美军在大规模增兵后刚刚发起了首次重要攻势，突入阿南部城镇Marjah，这里此前已经成了塔利班的一个据 点。在Marjah的军事行动迄今为止一直是成功的，美军以低于预期的人员伤亡重新夺取了这座城镇。
The visit comes just weeks after the first major offensive of the surge of U.S. reinforcements in Afghanistan: a drive into the southern town of Marjah, which had become a Taliban stronghold. Thus far, the Marjah operation has been seen as a success, with U.S. Marines retaking the town with fewer casualties than anticipated.
但美国增兵阿富汗战略的最大考验尚未到来。此次增兵的主要目的是今年夏天对塔利班的精神家园坎大哈(Kandahar)发起攻击，这座城市位于 阿富汗南部。
The biggest test of the military strategy is yet to come, however. The main fight of the surge is set for this summer in the Taliban's spiritual home of Kandahar, in southern Afghanisatan.