比拉尔·侯赛因（新闻）和图巴·汗报道：周三，巴基斯坦动荡的西北部发生一起针对警察车队的袭击，造成28名警察和武装分子死亡，凸显了与阿富汗接壤地区暴力局势的恶化。
By Bilal Hussain (News) and Tooba Khan An attack on a police convoy in Pakistan’s restive northwest killed 28 policemen and militants on Wednesday, underscoring worsening violence in the region bordering Afghanistan.
地区警方称，该车队在开伯尔-普什图省科哈特附近执行打击非法金矿开采行动后返程途中遭到伏击。警方表示，袭击造成10名警察人员死亡，随后的枪战中18名武装分子被打死。
The convoy was returning from an operation against illegal gold mining near Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when it was ambushed, regional police said. Ten police personnel were killed in the attack and 18 militants died in the gun battle that followed, it said.
袭击发生在伊斯兰堡为期两天的政府主办会议开幕前一天，该会议旨在展示巴基斯坦在矿产开采方面的潜力。总理夏巴兹·谢里夫和陆军元帅阿西姆·穆尼尔（该国强大国防力量的首长）定于周五在会议上向投资者发表讲话。
The attack happened a day before the start of a two-day government-sponsored conference in Islamabad to showcase Pakistan’s potential in minerals mining. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is the chief of the country’s powerful defense forces, are scheduled to speak to investors at the conference on Friday.
近年来巴基斯坦武装袭击呈上升趋势，政府主要将其归咎于邻国阿富汗的塔利班政府，后者否认这些指控。自2021年美军领导的部队撤离后塔利班重新掌权以来，两国关系恶化。近几个月来，双方多次互相发动军事打击。
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan in recent years that the government mostly blames on neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban government, which denies the allegations. Ties between the two countries have deteriorated since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 after the withdrawal of US-led forces. Both nations have repeatedly traded military strikes in recent months.
上个月，总理谢里夫以前任政府无法打击武装分子和安全形势恶化为由，暂停了开伯尔-普什图省地方政府职权，在该省实施联邦直接统治。该省此前由反对派、前总理、现被监禁领导人伊姆兰·汗领导的正义运动党执政。
Last month, Premier Sharif imposed federal rule in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after suspending the local government, citing the former administration’s inability to crackdown against the militants and the deteriorating security. The province was ruled by the opposition group led by former prime minister and jailed leader Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party.