塔利班在喀布尔安全区发动袭击

时间：2013-06-25 07:58:43

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Afghan security forces have battled militants1 who launched a gun and bomb attack near the presidential palace, in one of the most secure areas of Kabul.

阿富汗安全部队在总统府附近与发动枪炮袭击的武装分子展开战斗，该区域是喀布尔最安全的地区之一。
 
Officials say all the insurgents2 were killed after heavy clashes. The Taliban say they carried out the attack .
 
President Hamid Karzai was in the palace, but the target appears to have been the nearby Ariana hotel, believed to house a CIA base.
 
This is the latest in a string of attacks on Kabul in recent months.
 
Most recently a suicide bomber3 in the capital targeted a prominent Afghan politician on 18 June, just hours before Nato formally handed security responsibility to the Afghan forces. 
 
With this attack the Taliban infiltrated4 one of the most heavily-guarded areas of the capital, with several key buildings such as the defence ministry5 and Nato headquarters located very close by.
 
The Afghan Taliban have showed no sign of abating6 their assault on security targets, despite last week's announcement that it had set up an office in the Gulf7 state of Qatar for US-led peace talks. 
 
President Karzai raised strong objections saying that the flag and nameplate initially8 erected9 at the building showed that the office purported10 to be a government-in-exile. 
 
Officials say the High Peace Council, the Afghan government body set up to lead peace efforts, would not take part unless the talks process was "Afghan-led".
 
The attack near the presidential palace, in the central district of Shash Darak, began at about 06:30 local time (02:00 GMT).
 
The militants initially targeted the palace's eastern gate - a few hundred metres from the actual building - where dozens of journalists had gathered for a news conference with Mr Karzai scheduled for 09:00. 
 
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary, who was among the crowd of journalists, says they were forced to run for cover as bullets flew overhead. 
 
The journalists heard several explosions, and reports said grenades were being thrown. Tolo TV reported as many as 14 blasts.
 
Our correspondent says the area around the palace, which is patrolled regularly throughout the day by special forces and intelligence agents, is now under lockdown.
 
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a text message: "A number of martyrs11 attacked the presidential palace, defence ministry and the Ariana Hotel."

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1 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
2 insurgents c68be457307815b039a352428718de59     
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
3 bomber vWwz7     
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
4 infiltrated ac8114e28673476511d54b771cab25a1     
adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
  • Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 abating d296d395529c334a0e6c76dbb3c2a6b2     
减少( abate的现在分词 )； 减去； 降价； 撤消（诉讼）
参考例句：
  • The storm showed no signs of abating. 暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。
  • The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating. 近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。
7 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
8 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
9 ERECTED ERECTED     
adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立
参考例句：
  • A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
  • A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。
10 purported 31d1b921ac500fde8e1c5f9c5ed88fe1     
adj.传说的，谣传的v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
  • The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 martyrs d8bbee63cb93081c5677dc671dc968fc     
n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）
参考例句：
  • the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
  • They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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