阿聯(lián)酋證實5名外交官死于阿富汗襲擊

The United Arab Emirates has confirmed the killingof five of its diplomats in Tuesday’s bomb attack inAfghanistan's southern city of Kandahar.

阿聯(lián)酋證實，其5名外交官星期二死于阿富汗南部城市坎大哈的一次炸彈襲擊事件。

The blast killed a total of at least 11 people andwounded 16 others, mostly top Afghan governmentofficials. Provincial governor Homayun Azizi and UAEambassador to Kabul, Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, were among those wounded.

爆炸總共至少炸死11人，另有16人受傷，其中大部分是阿富汗政府高級官員。傷者包括省長阿齊茲和阿聯(lián)酋駐喀布爾大使卡阿比。

The UAE foreign ministry said Tuesday that its ambassador traveled to Kandahar on ahumanitarian mission aimed at helping Afghan orphans and announcing scholarships.

阿聯(lián)酋外交部星期二表示，其大使前往坎大哈執(zhí)行人道主義使命，旨在幫助阿富汗孤兒以及宣布獎學金計劃。

The Taliban insurgency has denied involvement, saying it did not plant the bomb and insteadblamed an "internal local rivalry" for the attack.

塔利班反政府組織否認與這次事件有關，稱并未安置炸彈，而是指責“內部地方敵對勢力”對襲擊負責。