NATO is close to deciding if it will increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported May 1. Stoltenberg’s comments came during an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that was published April 30. NATO, which has around 13,000 troops in the country, will likely decide whether to increase troop levels or lengthen deployments by June, Stoltenberg said. NATO’s Resolute Support mission is aimed at training, assisting and advising Afghan forces in their battle against resurgent Taliban militants. The secretary-general’s comments came more than a month after U.S. Gen. John Nicholson, who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan, described the battle as a “stalemate” and said a few thousand more NATO troops were needed in the fight against the Taliban.

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北約秘書長斯托爾滕貝格（Jens Stoltenberg）說，北約方面接近決定是否增加在阿富汗的部隊人數。“自由歐洲電台/自由廣播電台”報導說，5月1日。斯托爾滕貝格在接受德國“Welt am Sonntag”報導採訪時表示， 4月30日，斯洛伐克說，北約在該國約有13 000名士兵，可能決定是否在六月份以前增加部隊水平或延長部署。 北約的堅決支持任務是為了訓練，協助和諮詢阿富汗部隊與塔利班武裝分子的戰鬥。 秘書長的評論是在阿富汗指揮北約部隊的約翰·尼克爾森（John Nicholson）將軍將這場戰鬥描述為“僵局”一個多月後才說的，並表示在打擊塔利班方面需要數千名北約部隊。

Běiyuē mìshū zhǎng sī tuō ěr téng bèi gé (Jens Stoltenberg) shuō, běiyuē fāngmiàn jiējìn juédìng shìfǒu zēngjiā zài āfùhàn de bùduì rénshù.“Zìyóu ōuzhōu diàntái/zìyóu guǎngbò diàntái” bàodǎo shuō,5 yuè 1 rì. Sī tuō ěr téng bèi gé zài jiēshòu déguó “Welt am Sonntag” bàodǎo cǎifǎng shí biǎoshì, 4 yuè 30 rì, sīluòfákè shuō, běiyuē zài gāi guó yuē yǒu 13 000 míng shìbīng, kěnéng juédìng shìfǒu zài liù yuèfèn yǐqián zēngjiā bùduì shuǐpíng huò yáncháng bùshǔ. Běiyuē de jiānjué zhīchí rènwù shì wèile xùnliàn, xiézhù hé zīxún āfùhàn bùduì yǔ tǎlìbān wǔzhuāng fēnzǐ de zhàndòu. Mìshū zhǎng de pínglùn shì zài āfùhàn zhǐhuī běiyuē bùduì de yuēhàn·níkè ěr sēn (John Nicholson) jiāngjūn jiāng zhè chǎng zhàndòu miáoshù wèi “jiāngjú” yīgè duō yuè hòu cái shuō de, bìng biǎoshì zài dǎjí tǎlìbān fāngmiàn xūyào shù qiān míng běiyuē bùduì.