Eleven Taliban fighters attacked an important airport in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials say.

阿富汗官员表示，周二凌晨，11名塔利班武装分子袭击了阿富汗南部的一座重要机场，造成至少50人死亡。

The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed. The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported the Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote.

Afghan security forces look at the damage from clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan forces in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

阿富汗国防部称至少38位平民、10名士兵、2名警察死亡。据华盛顿邮报报道，塔利班对坎大哈国际机场的袭击持续了约２０小时。该报称死者中有妇女、儿童。

The airport includes a military base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. There were no reports that NATO troops were killed or injured in the attack.

该机场包括一处北约军事基地。截至目前，并无相关报道称北约军队在此次袭击事件中死亡或受伤。

A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked local and foreign military troops. He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban often makes claims about the results of their attacks that are not true. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

塔利班一名发言人声称塔利班武装分子进入军事基地并袭击当地与外国军队。他说在袭击中超过150名士兵死亡。塔利班经常对他们的袭击结果作出不真实的声明。

Taliban attacks have grown in number and strength in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries.

自去年他国战斗部队从阿富汗撤离后，今年，塔利班在阿富汗的袭击次数与强度都有所增加。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是克里斯托弗·琼斯克鲁斯。

This story was reported by Correspondent Ayaz Gul in Islamabad. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted the story into VOA Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Eleven Taliban fighters attacked an important airport in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials say.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed. The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported the Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote.

The airport includes a military base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. There were no reports that NATO troops were killed or injured in the attack.

A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked local and foreign military troops. He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban often makes claims about the results of their attacks that are not true. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

Taliban attacks have grown in number and strength in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries.

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

This story was reported by Correspondent Ayaz Gul in Islamabad. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted the story into VOA Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, or visit our Facebook page.

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Words in This Story

base – n. a place where a military force keeps supplies and where people in the military live and work