10-26-06

阿官員至少60平民死於北約突擊 (Afghan Officials Say At Least 60 Civilians Killed In Nato Raids)

阿富汗地方官員說，北約本星期早些時候在阿富汗南部地區的行動造成至少60位平民死亡。坎大哈省議會副主席和坎大哈本傑瓦伊區領導人說，這些人星期二在北約包括空襲在內的一系列行動中被打死。

北約國際安全援助部隊說，北約部隊星期二在坎大哈本傑瓦伊區的激烈戰鬥中打死了48名被懷疑是塔利班激進分子的人員。

北約說，他們得到“可靠消息”，有若干平民在衝突中喪生。北約一名發言人指責塔利班利用平民作人體盾牌。阿富汗當局正在對傷亡進行調查。

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.

駐伊美軍五人在西部地區喪生(5 US Troops Killed in Western Iraq)

駐伊拉克美軍說，5名美國士兵在伊拉克西部的安巴爾省被打死，使駐伊美軍這個月的死亡人數升至96人。5名死者中包括四名海軍陸戰隊員和一名水兵。軍方星期四發表聲明說，這些士兵都是星期三在敵方行動中被打死的，不過，聲明沒有說明他們是否死於同一起事件。

另外，美國軍方星期三說，伊拉克部隊在聯軍顧問的支援下，淩晨時分對伊拉克各地的激進分子目標進行了突襲。在其中一次行動中，伊拉克士兵在東部迪亞拉省的哈利斯鎮的槍戰中打死一名激進分子。在巴格達以南希拉區另外一次突襲中，保安部隊抓獲了11名被懷疑是殺人隊成員的人。在對巴格達的薩德爾城區進行的第三起突襲行動中，伊拉克部隊在美國戰鬥機的支援下打死10名激進分子。

該地區是反美神職人員薩德爾控制的什葉派民兵據點。在這次突襲行動中，還有10名被懷疑是殺人隊成員的人被捕。

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.