afghan president hamid karzai summoned the u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan on thursday to demand an explanation for continuing civilian casualties caused by coalition troops.
he has placed human shields so as to maximize civilian casualties and capitalize on the resulting press.
他布置人体盾牌,以最大限度地利用平民伤亡和由此产生的新闻。
nato said its target was a military facility and could not confirm any civilian casualties at this stage.
北约表示,他们的袭击目标是军事设施,现阶段还不能确认是否造成平民伤亡。
but they say it is difficult to prevent all civilian casualties because insurgents often hide among civilians and sometimes try to deceive coalition forces into firing on them.
「we must avoid the trap of winning tactical victories—but suffering strategic defeats—by causing civilian casualties or excessive damage and thus alienating the people,」 he says.
「we oppose the use of force that could result in more civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis, 」 foreign ministry spokeswoman jiang yu told reporters.
外交部发言人姜瑜对记者们说:「我们反对可能会造成更多平民伤亡和一场人道主义危机的动武。」
the reports of civilian casualties came from afghan officials, who said they spoke to people in the remote area by telephone.
有关平民伤亡的报导来自阿富汗官员。他们说,他们给这个边远地区的居民打过电话。
there was no report of civilian casualties or damage to civilian property, according to a usaf statement.