NATO, Afghan Forces Kill 18 Taleban Rebels

北约及阿富汗部队打死十八名塔利班人员

Police in Afghanistan say Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taleban rebels in fighting in the country's volatile southern region. One police officer also died. The battle took place Tuesday near the village of Garmser in Helmand province. Also on Tuesday, insurgents ambushed a NATO patrol in the same province and killed three British soldiers. NATO this week took over security operations from U.S.-led coalition forces in six southern Afghan provinces .

A car exploded Wednesday just outside Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing one person in the vehicle and wounded at least two others. Police initially did not call the explosion a suicide attack. At least one of the wounded people was in the vehicle.

阿富汗警方说，阿富汗和北约部队在动荡的南部地区的冲突中，打死了18名塔利班反政府武装人员，一名警官在战斗中阵亡。战斗星期二发生在赫尔曼德省一个叫加姆塞尔的村庄附近。也是在星期二，反叛分子在这个省伏击了北约的一个巡逻队，打死了三名英国士兵。北约这个星期从美国领导的联军手中刚刚接管了阿富汗南部六个省的安全防务。

一辆汽车星期三在阿富汗首都喀布尔城外爆炸，炸死车内的一个人，同时有至少两人受伤。警方起初没有称之为自杀炸弹袭击。伤者中至少有一人在爆炸的时候坐在车上。