巴基斯坦发生爆炸袭击至少12人丧生

Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people -- 11 security personnel and a civilian. Nearly two dozen people were wounded in the assault.

巴基斯坦西南部官员说，巴基斯坦安全部队使用的一辆汽车被炸毁，至少12人被炸死，其中11人是安全部队人员，另外一人是平民。另有近20人受伤。

Police officials say a remote controlled car bomb targeted a vehicle carrying police special forces in Quetta Thursday. Authorities say the bomb contained about 100 kilograms of ta is the capital of Baluchistan province, which has been the center of a low-level insurgency for years.

警方说，星期四发生在奎塔的这起遥控汽车炸弹袭击的目标是一辆运载警察特种兵的汽车。当局说，这枚炸弹装有大约100公斤炸药。巴鲁吉斯坦省的首府奎塔多年来一直是一个不太显赫的叛乱组织的活动中心。

Elsewhere Thursday, militants attacked a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing four soldiers.

星期四激进分子在巴基斯坦西北部另外一个地区袭击了一个安全哨卡，打死四名军人。