自殺爆炸手在阿富汗首都附近襲擊外國人大綱

A suicide bomber has attacked a mini-bus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital, killing at least 12 people.

Police say nine foreign workers, an Afghan driver and at least two other Afghans were killed in Tuesday's blast near the Kabul airport. The bomber targeted the bus on the main highway to the airport.

A Kabul police official said the foreigners worked for a private company based at the airport.

Afghan insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out by a female bomber in response to an anti-Islam film. The crude American-made video mocks the Prophet Muhammad and has sparked worldwide protests, including in Afghanistan. Hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces in Kabul during Monday's demonstration.

NATO confirmed to VOA Tuesday that it is scaling back joint operations with Afghan security forces amid a series of recent insider attacks and the release of the anti-Islam video.一名自殺爆炸手在阿富汗首都喀布爾附近襲擊一輛外國人乘坐的麪包車，造成至少12人死亡。

警方說，星期二的襲擊發生在喀布爾機場附近，九名外國工作人員、一名阿富汗司機和至少另外兩名阿富汗人被炸死。爆炸手在通往機場的主要公路上襲擊這輛麪包車。

喀布爾警方官員說，這些外國人是設在機場的一傢俬營公司的職員。

阿富汗叛亂組織伊斯蘭黨宣稱對這起襲擊負責，並表示爆炸手是一名女性，發動襲擊是對一部反伊斯蘭影片做出的反應。這部在美國製作的影片嘲弄伊斯蘭教先知穆罕默德，在世界範圍引發抗議，包括阿富汗。在星期一的示威中，數百抗議者在喀布爾與安全部隊發生衝突。

北約星期二向美國之音證實，由於近來發生一系列內部襲擊事件以及網上出現反伊斯蘭教影片的片段，北約正在減少與阿富汗安全部隊的聯合行動。