They are paying fighters up to $12 a day to fight the fledgling Afghan National Army, which pays only $4 a day to its soldiers in the field, according to military officials.

• 他们付给战斗人员每天多达12美元，以同诞生不久的阿富汗国民军作战。据阿富汗军官说，国民军每天付给前线士兵的军饷仅4美元。