德國總理默克爾訪問阿富汗

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a previously unannounced trip to Afghanistan to visit with German troops serving on the NATO peacekeeping force there.

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Ms. Merkel arrived Friday in northern Afghanistan, according to German officials. Her visit comes less than a week after a German soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in northern Afghanistan.

Germany has the third-largest international troop deployment in Afghanistan, after the United States and Britain. It currently has about 4,200 troops in the NATO International Security Assistance Force.德國總理默克爾突然對阿富汗進行了一次事先未宣佈的訪問，視察了駐阿富汗的北約維和部隊中的德國軍隊。

據德國官員說，默克爾星期五抵達阿富汗的北部。在默克爾訪問的不到一個星期前，一名德國軍人在阿富汗北部的一次反叛分子的攻擊中喪生。

北約各國在阿富汗的北約國際安全援助部隊中的數量美國最多，英國第二，德國第三，德國軍隊的人數目前大約有4200名。