13名北約軍人在阿富汗自殺襲擊中喪生
A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul Saturday killing 13 NATO troops from the international security force or ISAF (according to ISAF) and at least 4 (four) Afghans. At least eight others were wounded in the attack. Twelve of the dead NATO troops are reported to be U.S. service members. Canadian news outlets say one of the service members was from Canada.
一名自殺汽車炸彈殺手星期六在喀布爾襲擊了北約的一個車隊，炸死北約國際安全援助部隊的13名北約軍人和至少4名阿富汗人。在這次襲擊中至少有另外8人受傷。據報導，死者中有12人是美國軍人。加拿大新聞機構說，另一名喪生的北約軍人是加拿大人。
The suicide car bomb went off next to an armored bus carrying NATO forces in Kabul, turning the heavily armed vehicle on its side and engulfing it in flames. The attack came before noon on a wide busy road near the national museum and not far from the parliament and a NATO base. Ambulances and NATO personnel and helicopters rushed to the scene to attend to the living and the dead.
這枚自殺汽車炸彈在一輛載有北約駐喀布爾軍人的裝甲運兵車旁邊爆炸，把這個嚴密武裝的車輛炸翻，這輛裝甲車立即被火焰吞噬。這次襲擊發生在中午之前，地點在國家博物館附近一條寬闊繁忙的公路上，離阿富汗議會與北約一個基地不遠。救護車、北約的人員以及直升機迅速趕到現場，救護倖存者和處理遇難者。
A Pentagon spokesman, Army Lt. Col. Jim Gregory, confirmed all 13 servicemembers killed were Americans. "We did lose 13 Americans today," he said.
He said details about the attack are still emerging, as the Pentagon coordinates efforts with NATO's International Security Assistance Force, known as "ISAF."
五角大樓發言人陸軍中校吉姆.格雷戈裏說，有關這次襲擊的細節還在不斷出現，五角大樓正在與北約駐阿富汗的國際安全援助部隊協作。
"We're working very closely with ISAF, and at this time we don't have any additional details to offer," he said.
格雷戈裏說：“我們正在與國際安全援助部隊密切合作。不過現在我們還不能提供任何進一步的細節。”
Eyewitness accounts say the explosion was massive, sending thick black smoke and shrapnel into the sky. In addition to the dead, several other people were wounded.
目擊者的報告稱，這是一次巨大的爆炸，黑色的濃煙和彈片在空中翻卷。除了死者之外，還有幾個人受傷。The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Car bombings are rare in the Afghan capital, although there have been bold attacks in recent months, including a June assault on the Intercontinental Hotel, and attacks on the British Council in August and the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters a few weeks later.
塔利班聲稱對這次爆炸負責。汽車炸彈爆炸事件在阿富汗首都喀布爾是很少發生的，不過，最近幾個月那裏也發生過一些大膽的襲擊，其中包括今年6月對洲際酒店的一次襲擊，8月對英國文化協會的襲擊以及幾星期後對美國使館和北約駐阿富汗總部的襲擊。
The last car bomb in Kabul was in May, 2010 on the same road as Saturday’s attack. In that incident, 18 people were killed including 5 Americans and one Canadian soldier.
上一次喀布爾發生汽車炸彈爆炸是在2010年5月，地點位於星期六發生襲擊的同一條公路。在那次襲擊中，有18人被炸死，其中包括5名美國軍人和1名加拿大軍人。
The incident comes days before a conference in Istanbul where Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to announce the next phase of security transition, with Afghan forces taking security responsibility from NATO troops in certain areas of the country.
最新的爆炸事件是在喀布爾召開一次會議幾天之前發生的。預料，阿富汗總統卡爾扎伊將在這次會議上宣佈下一階段的安全移交，阿富汗部隊將從北約部隊接管該國某些地區的保安責任。
The process began in July with the transfer of seven cities and provinces to Afghan control, part of a gradual process to have Afghan forces in charge of the whole country by the end of 2014.
阿富汗的安全移交的進程開始於今年7月，當時，阿富汗7個省市被移交給本國部隊控制，這是一個漸進過程的一部分，最後要在2014年年底之前讓阿富汗部隊接管全國所有地區的控制權。
There were two other attacks on government-related targets around Afghanistan Saturday. In the eastern city of Asadabad a female suicide bomber wounded several Afghans before being killed outside government offices and in the south, an Afghan in an army uniform turned his gun on two international soldiers killing them both.
阿富汗星期六還發生了針對與政府有關的目標進行的另外兩起襲擊。在東部城市阿薩達巴德，一名女子自殺炸彈殺手炸傷了幾名阿富汗人，她本人也在政府機構外面喪生。在阿富汗南部，一名穿軍裝的阿富汗人開槍打死了兩名國際部隊的軍人。
