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TAG SP 527: Anova: 'Taliban sudah dikalahkan': kata Pentagon
By Ananova

25/12/2001 8:43 pm Tue

Ananova.com

'Taliban sudah dikalahkan': kata Pentagon

('Taliban is defeated' says Pentagon official)

Seorang pegawai tinggi Pentagon telah berkata bahawa Amerika Syarikat sudah menumpaskan Taliban.

Timabalan Setiausaha Pertahanan itu berkata bahawa kumpulan al-Qaida masih lagi berleluasa, dan akan menjadi satu kerja yang sukar untuk menangkap semuanya.

Paul Wolfowithz brkata adalah sukar untuk menentukan berapa ramai pejuang Islam, penyokong mereka, ataupun pemimin utama mereka yang terbunuh dalam operasi tersebut.

'Ini tidak bererti semuanya sudah berakhir,' kata beliau di satu majlis taklimat.

'Kita telah berjaya mengharungi satu halangan utama, yakni mengalahkan Taliban, sekumpulan anggota Al-Qaeda yang besar masih berleluasa, Ini akan merupakan satu tugas yang sukar dan lama.'

Wolfowitz berkata belum ada pertanda yang jelas bahawa Osama Laden telah lari daripda Afghanistan, tetapi peperangan menyanggah kumpulannya sudah menyekat kemampuannya untuk bergiat cergas.

'Dia sudah ketiadaan banyak pilihan,' kata beliau.

Usaha AS akan diteruskan dengan tentera AS memberi tumpuan untuk menyekat laluan untuk melepaskan diri dan menyerang tempat persembunyian di mana para pejuang itu mungkin sudah berundur, katanya lagi.

Terjemahan: SPAR
11.12.01




Asal:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_470118.html


Taliban is defeated' says Pentagon official

A top Pentagon official says the US has defeated the Taliban.

The deputy defence secretary warns that al-Qaida terrorists are still at large though, and will be difficult to find.

Paul Wolfowitz says it is difficult to determine how many terrorists, their supporters, or even key leaders have been killed in the operation.

"It ain't over yet," he said at a Pentagon briefing.

"We've accomplished our one major objective, which is the defeat of the Taliban. ... Large numbers of al-Qaida terrorists are still at large. It's going to be a very long and difficult job."

Mr Wolfowitz said there is no clear evidence that top terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has fled Afghanistan, but the war against his network has seriously impeded his ability to operate.

"He doesn't have a lot of good options," the deputy secretary said.

The US effort will continue, with US forces focusing on blocking possible escape routes and to hit sanctuaries where the terrorists might have fled, Mr Wolfowitz said.

Earlier, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said the fighting in Afghanistan is fierce.

"It's pretty intense fighting and pretty intense activity," she said, speaking of US bombing and anti-Taliban fighting in the holdout areas around Jalalabad and Tora Bora.