巴基斯坦内政部表示，周一在巴基斯坦西北部发生的一起伏击事件中，武装分子杀害了至少三名交通警察。
Militants killed at least three traffic police personnel in an ambush in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, the Interior Ministry said.
事件发生在开伯尔-普什图省的坦克区，该地区近几个月来一直受到新一轮武装袭击的困扰。另有两名路人在交火中受伤并被送往医院。目前尚无组织声称对此次袭击负责。
The incident occurred in the Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has been grappling with a fresh wave of militant attacks in recent months. Two passers-by were also injured in the firing and taken to a hospital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
长期以来，隶属于巴基斯坦塔利班运动的武装分子一直以该地区的安全部队为目标，该地区与邻国阿富汗接壤。
Militants affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have long been targeting security forces in the region, which borders neighboring Afghanistan.
根据伊斯兰堡智库巴基斯坦冲突与安全研究所汇编的月度数据，开伯尔-普什图省上个月记录了54起恐怖袭击事件，与7月相比增加了50%。
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 54 terrorist attacks last month, a 50% increase compared with July, according to monthly data compiled by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think tank.