毕竟，美国已经接受了塔利班不现实的保证 — — 不会利用阿富汗作为在别的地区“挑起麻烦 ” （ 即进行恐怖袭击）的基地。
After all, the US has already accepted the Taliban’s unrealistic assurances that it will not use Afghanistan as a base from which to “foment trouble” – that is, execute terrorist attacks – elsewhere.