American commanders do not know whether the Pushtuns are really, as they claim, too afraid of the Taliban to co-operate, or whether they in fact sympathise with the insurgents.

• 美军指挥官不能确认阿富汗人是否真的如他们宣称的一样对塔利班组织害怕而不敢合作，还是他们实际上同情支持反抗者。