双语新闻：喀布尔将举行支尔格大会

Peace Jirga To Start in Afghan Capital

喀布尔将举行支尔格大会

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is preparing to host a three-day conference in Kabul in hopes of crafting a national consensus on ending the nearly nine-year war.

阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊准备在喀布尔主持一个为期三天的会议，希望能够达成全国的共识，结束近9年的战争。
The "jirga," or grand assembly, will convene Wednesday with about 1,600 delegates gathered under a large, air-conditioned tent. The delegates will come from every section of Afghan society, including tribal, provincial and religious leaders.

“支尔格大会”又称大国民议会，定于周三召开，约1600名代表将在一个装有空调的大帐篷内聚集。与会代表来自阿富汗社会的每个阶层，包括部落、省和宗教领袖。

Some of the delegates may be sympathizers with the Taliban, although members of the hardline Islamist group were not invited.

虽然强硬派伊斯兰组织塔利班的成员未被邀请参加，但是部分代表可能是塔利班的同情者。

The Taliban was ousted from power in 2001 by a U.S.-led invasion shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

2001年，在纽约和华盛顿遭受恐怖袭击后不久，以美国为首的联军攻入阿富汗，推翻了塔利班政权。

The Islamist group says it will not engage in peace talks until foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan. The Taliban said Tuesday that all the jirga delegates are affiliated with foreign forces and the Afghan government, which it called a "powerless stooge."

塔利班表示，将不参与和平谈判，直到外国军队撤出阿富汗。塔利班星期二说，支尔格大会的所有代表都与外国军队和阿富汗政府有联系，并称他们是“没有实权的小丑”。