아프가니스탄 주둔 북대서양조약기구, 나토군 기지 밖에서 23일, 자살폭탄 공격이 벌어져 민간인 열 명이 죽고 열 네 명이 부상했습니다.
이날 자살폭탄 공격은 호스트시 소재 나토군 기지 밖에서 일일 근로자들이 대기하고 있는 가운데 벌어졌으며 미군과 나토군 인명피해는 없었습니다.
한편, 아프가니스탄 남부 우르즈간주에서 나토군이 탈레반 저항분자 소탕작전을 벌여 저항분자 열 두 명을 살해했으며 아프가니스탄 경찰관 두 명도 이 작전에서 살해됐습니다.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up near a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan today (Tuesday), killing 10 civilians and wounding 14 others.
An Afghan official (provincial governor Arsala Jamal) says the bomber set off his explosives in a crowd of laborers waiting to get inside a NATO military base in the city of Khost.
There were no NATO or U.S. casualties.
In a separate incident in the south, suspected Taleban militants ambushed a police patrol in Kandahar, killing at least eight policemen.
Separately, Afghan and NATO forces launched an operation against suspected Taleban insurgents in Uruzgan in the south, killing 12 militants. Two policemen also died.
Attacks by Taleban militants against NATO, U.S. and Afghan forces increased dramatically in Afghanistan last year. U.S. and Afghan officials have warned they expect an increase in Taleban attacks in what has been called a "spring offensive."