10-26-06

阿官员至少60平民死于北约突击 (Afghan Officials Say At Least 60 Civilians Killed In Nato Raids)

阿富汗地方官员说，北约本星期早些时候在阿富汗南部地区的行动造成至少60位平民死亡。坎大哈省议会副主席和坎大哈本杰瓦伊区领导人说，这些人星期二在北约包括空袭在内的一系列行动中被打死。

北约国际安全援助部队说，北约部队星期二在坎大哈本杰瓦伊区的激烈战斗中打死了48名被怀疑是塔利班激进分子的人员。

北约说，他们得到“可靠消息”，有若干平民在冲突中丧生。北约一名发言人指责塔利班利用平民作人体盾牌。阿富汗当局正在对伤亡进行调查。

Local officials in Afghanistan say NATO operations killed at least 60 civilians in the southern part of the country earlier this week. The deputy director of Kandahar's provincial council and the chief of Panjwayi district said the civilians were killed in a series of NATO operations, including airstrikes, in the province of Kandahar on Tuesday.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said its troops killed 48 suspected Taleban militants in heavy fighting in Kandahar's Panjwayi district on Tuesday.

NATO said it has received "credible reports" that several civilians were killed during the clashes. A NATO spokesman accused the Taleban of using civilians as human shields. Afghan authorities are investigating the casualties.

驻伊美军五人在西部地区丧生(5 US Troops Killed in Western Iraq)

驻伊拉克美军说，5名美国士兵在伊拉克西部的安巴尔省被打死，使驻伊美军这个月的死亡人数升至96人。5名死者中包括四名海军陆战队员和一名水兵。军方星期四发表声明说，这些士兵都是星期三在敌方行动中被打死的，不过，声明没有说明他们是否死于同一起事件。

另外，美国军方星期三说，伊拉克部队在联军顾问的支援下，凌晨时分对伊拉克各地的激进分子目标进行了突袭。在其中一次行动中，伊拉克士兵在东部迪亚拉省的哈利斯镇的枪战中打死一名激进分子。在巴格达以南希拉区另外一次突袭中，保安部队抓获了11名被怀疑是杀人队成员的人。在对巴格达的萨德尔城区进行的第三起突袭行动中，伊拉克部队在美国战斗机的支援下打死10名激进分子。

该地区是反美神职人员萨德尔控制的什叶派民兵据点。在这次突袭行动中，还有10名被怀疑是杀人队成员的人被捕。

The U.S. military in Iraq says five American troops have been killed in western Anbar province, raising the death toll among U.S. forces in Iraq to 96 this month. The five include four marines and one sailor. A military statement issued Thursday said all died as a result of enemy action on Wednesday, but did not specify if they were killed in the same incident.

Also Wednesday, the U.S. military says Iraqi forces backed by coalition advisers carried out several early morning raids on militant targets across Iraq. In one operation, troops killed a militant in a gun battle in the town of Khalis in the eastern province of Diyala. In another raid on the Hillah region south of Baghdad, security forces detained 11 suspected death squad members. Iraqi forces backed by American warplanes killed 10 militants in a third operation targeting Baghdad's Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Ten suspected death squad members were also captured during the raid.