德国总理默克尔突然对阿富汗进行了一次事先未宣布的访问，视察了驻阿富汗的北约维和部队中的德国军队。
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a previously unannounced trip to Afghanistan to visit with German troops serving on the NATO peacekeeping force there.
据德国官员说，默克尔星期五抵达阿富汗的北部。在默克尔访问的不到一个星期前，一名德国军人在阿富汗北部的一次反叛分子的攻击中丧生。
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.
北约各国在阿富汗的北约国际安全援助部队中的数量美国最多，英国第二，德国第三，德国军队的人数目前大约有4200名。
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.