But going beyond the ring-road to the suburbs, the total built-up area has a population of 10m.

但是在环城公路以外的城郊，整个结合区有人口1000万。

According to officers in the NATO-led force, the first priority will be to reclaim the ring-road, Afghanistan's main artery, around which the main population centres are concentrated.

北约部队的官员们认为，首要的任务是收回作为阿富汗主干线的环城公路，主要的居民点都集中在环城公路附近。

In rolling strikes this week, scores of licensed taxi drivers jammed the traffic by blocking intermittently the ring-road or périphérique, access to airports and the Place de la Concorde.

本周罢工此起彼伏，几十个持证的士司机时不时堵住通向机场和协和广场的环城公路，制造交通拥堵，。

The ring road connecting the main cities, the symbol of reconstruction, became perilous.

联系各主要城市的环城公路是重建的象征，也变得岌岌可危。

The idea behind Operation Panther’s Claw is to extend control of the populous, irrigated “green zone” by linking up the capital of Helmand, Lashkar Gah, with Gereshk, on the main ring road.

美洲豹爪作战计划旨在把赫尔曼德的省会城市拉什卡尔加和在主环道上的格罗斯克连接起来，扩大对人口密集，可进行灌溉的“绿区”的控制。