In Afghanistan NATO helicopters were called on to help repel an attack by suicide-bombers and gunmen on the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, where many Westerners stay.

驻扎在阿富汗的北约直升机被调去保护喀布尔的洲际酒店，防止“肉弹”和武装人员攻击，这里有大量的西方人员居住。

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The alleged incursions come against the background of the new administration's efforts to expand the military's role in regional defense, including a "collective self defense" to help repel an attack on U.S. forces deployed in Asia.

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