阿富汗官员说，安全部队在清晨枪战中挫败了叛乱分子对首都喀布尔的袭击，打死至少六名叛乱分子。
Afghan officials say security forces have thwarted an attack on the capital, Kabul, after killing at least six insurgents in an early morning gunbattle.
有关官员说，阿富汗军队星期四凌晨突袭了喀布尔东部城区的一处院落，反叛分子在那里集结，准备发动袭击。军队与叛乱分子爆发了持续数小时的枪战，直到叛乱分子被击毙。
The officials said Afghan forces raided a compound in eastern Kabul early Thursday where the insurgents gathered to prepare for an attack. A gunbattle broke out, lasting for several hours until the militants were killed.
阿富汗军队在战斗地点发现了一辆载有爆炸物的汽车和其他武器。
The Afghan forces found a vehicle packed with explosives along with other weapons at the site.
塔利班说，这次枪战不涉及该组织的战斗人员。
The Taliban said there was no such raid involving its fighters.
北约星期四说，两名北约军人在阿富汗南部的一次路边炸弹袭击中死亡。北约没有说明有关这次袭击的细节情况，也没有透露这两名死亡军人的姓名。
Also Thursday, NATO said two of its coalition service members were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. It did not release any further details about the attack or the identities of the soldiers.