The number was up forty percent from two thousand seven.
自2007年，这个数目上升了40%。
U.N. investigators say militants are responsible for the majority of civilian deaths. 联合国调查员说对激进分子应对大量的平民死亡负责。
But foreign and Afghan troops killed more civilians last year than the year before.
但是外国军队和阿富汗军队在去年比前年杀死了更多的平民。
President Obama has said that the national government "seems very detached from what's going on in the surrounding community." Critics say one big problem is corruption.
总统奥巴马已经说道，国家政府似乎严重脱离了发生在周围团体中的事情。批评家说一个大问题就是腐败。
The American special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visited Kabul this week. 美国的阿富汗和巴基斯坦特使，理查德霍尔布鲁克本周访问 喀布尔(阿富汗首都)。
