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