一支警察队伍在结束打击非法采金的行动后返程途中，于科哈特遭到伏击。此次袭击凸显了据称巴基斯坦塔利班运动武装分子与犯罪网络之间的联系。
A police team returning from an illegal gold mining operation was ambushed in Kohat. The attack highlights alleged links between TTP militants and criminal networks.
周三，在巴基斯坦开伯尔-普什图省，一支警察队伍在结束打击非法采金行动后返程时遭到袭击，18名恐怖分子被击毙，至少11名警员死亡。
Eighteen terrorists were killed and at least 11 personnel died after a police team came under attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday while returning from an operation against illegal gold mining.
袭击发生在科哈特县，并引发了激烈交火。五辆警车被点燃，增援部队被派往该地区，地区总部教学医院宣布进入紧急状态。
The attack took place in Kohat district and led to a heavy exchange of fire. Five police vehicles were set ablaze, additional forces were sent to the area and an emergency was declared at the District Headquarters Teaching Hospital.
开伯尔-普什图省警察公共关系主任表示，警员们与当地民政管理部门联合开展了一次行动，打击在科哈特市附近达拉布卡奇地区参与非法采金的人员。
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police public relations director said the personnel had conducted a joint operation with the local civil administration against those involved in illegal gold mining in the Darabukach locality near Kohat city.
警方声明说：“当警察队伍完成行动返程时，‘叛教者’（Fitna-al-Khawarij）在犯罪分子的授意下袭击了警察队伍。”
"When the police party was returning after completing the operation, Fitna-al-Khawarij attacked the police party at the behest of criminal elements," the police statement said.
声明说：“警员们以极大的英勇和勇气与袭击者战斗，结果18名‘叛教者’被送下地狱。”声明还补充说，10名警员死亡。
"Police personnel fought the attackers with great bravery and courage, as a result of which 18 khawarij were sent to hell," it said, adding that 10 police personnel were killed.
“叛教者”是巴基斯坦政府对被取缔的“巴基斯坦塔利班运动”恐怖分子的称呼。据声明称，这起事件还据报揭露了犯罪分子与该组织之间据称存在的联系。
Fitna-al-Khawarij is the term used by the Pakistani state for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The incident also reportedly exposed an alleged link between criminal elements and the group, according to the statement.
警方发言人穆罕默德·瑙曼·泽布说，这支队伍当时正前往贡巴特科哈特地区，在科哈特和卡拉克之间的达尔博卡奇贾朗达尔班达遭到枪击。死者中包括甘巴特地区警司海德尔·扎曼和副督察穆赫蒂亚尔。
Police spokesperson Muhammad Nauman Zeb said the team, which was travelling to the Gumbat Kohat area, came under fire in Darbokach Jalandhar Banda, between Kohat and Karak. Those killed included DSP Gambat Haider Zaman and Sub-Inspector Mukhtiar.
泽布说，袭击者继续向警员开枪，导致激烈交火。更多警车和大批警员被派往现场。
Zeb said the attackers continued firing at the police personnel, leading to a heavy exchange of fire. Additional police vehicles and a large contingent of personnel were sent to the scene.
据开伯尔-普什图省省长办公室发表的声明，省长费萨尔·卡里姆·昆迪对警员的死亡表示悲痛，并要求提交详细报告。
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi expressed grief over the deaths of the police personnel and sought a detailed report, according to a statement from his office.
巴基斯坦冲突与安全研究所表示，10月30日至11月5日期间，该国安全局势依然动荡，开伯尔-普什图省部分地区及前部落地区恐怖活动重新抬头，反恐行动力度加大，武装暴力活动模式也在发生变化。
The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies said the country's security situation remained volatile from October 30 to November 5, with renewed terrorist activity in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the former tribal districts, intensified counterterrorism operations and changing patterns of militant violence.
自10月11日联邦政府以巴基斯坦正义运动党领导的省政府“故意脱离”反恐斗争为由实施相关措施以来，这个西北部省份一直处于省长治理和紧急状态之下。
The northwestern province has been under governor's rule and emergency since October 11, when the federal government imposed the measures, citing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led provincial government's "deliberate disengagement" from the fight against terrorism.
警方小队在结束非法采矿行动返回途中遭到袭击，至少11名警员死亡；警方称，在随后的交火中有18名恐怖分子被击毙。
The attack on the police team returning from the illegal mining operation left at least 11 personnel dead, while police said 18 terrorists were killed in the ensuing exchange of fire.