首先，我们可加大对阿富汗安全的承诺。美国谴责塔利班今年增加对平民、人道主义工作者以及政府的袭击。联合国阿富汗援助团（联阿援助团）一丝不苟的数据收集工作表明，暴力给阿富汗平民带来了惨重损失。据联阿援助团称，今年前六个月有5 166名平民伤亡，是2009年以来最高的六个月数字。正如山本特别代表刚才指出的那样，阿富汗儿童是最脆弱的群体之一。今年一月至六月间就有1 509名儿童伤亡。当然，在这些统计数据的背后是被摧毁和破碎的家庭，它们将经受持续几代人的痛苦。
First, we can redouble our commitment to Afghanistan’s security. The United States condemns the increased attacks this year by the Taliban against civilians, humanitarian workers and the Government. The meticulous data collection of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has made clear the tremendous toll that that violence has taken on Afghanistan’s civilians. According to UNAMA, 5,166 civilians were killed or injured in the first six months of this year — the highest six-month figure since 2009. Afghanistan’s children are among the most vulnerable, as Special Representative Yamamoto just noted. Between January and June of this year, 1,509 children were killed or wounded. Behind those statistics, of course, are devastated and broken families left behind to experience suffering that stretches across generations.