五名北约士兵在阿富汗被杀

时间：2014-06-10 07:23:11

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Five Nato soldiers have been killed in an incident in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led force in the country says.

五名北约士兵在阿富汗南部一场事故中被杀。

The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says the incident took place on Monday but gave no details.

The Isaf force currently has soldiers from 50 contributing nations in Afghanistan.

Taliban militants¹ have stepped up attacks ahead of the planned withdrawal² of most foreign troops from the country at the end of 2014.

Most troops stationed in the south are American, but Nato has not confirmed the nationality of these casualties.

Southern Afghanistan is the heartland of the Taliban movement and insurgents³ frequently attack security forces in the region.

There have been more than 30 Nato forces killed this year in Afghanistan - the latest incident is the deadliest so far in 2014.

Afghanistan is set to hold the second round of its presidential election on Saturday.

Insurgents（叛乱分子） - who vowed⁴ to disrupt campaigning and voting - attacked the campaign rally of one of the contenders last week.

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1 militants
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 withdrawal
n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销
参考例句：
The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。 They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

3 insurgents
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

4 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
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He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。