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欢迎收听VOA新闻，我是大卫·伯德。

Officials in southern Afghanistan say a bomb explosion Saturday killed a senior military commander and wounded at least three other people, including a local journalist.

阿富汗南部的一些工作人员表示，周六的炸弹爆炸导致一名高级军事指挥官死亡，此外还有至少3人受伤，其中包括一名当地记者。

A provincial police spokesman told VOA that General Zahir Gul Muqbil, the commander of an army border unit, was heading to the volatile Marjah district along with a group of journalists. They were going to visit an ongoing counterinsurgency operation when the convoy struck a roadside bomb.

某省警方发言人在接受VOA采访时表示，某军队边境队的指挥官查希尔将军本来在该往不稳定的马尔贾区，跟他一起的还有一群记者。他们是要去参与正在进行的镇压叛乱，没料到护卫队遭遇了路边炸弹。

The Taliban took responsibility for the bombing in Helmand province, where most of the districts are either controlled or influenced by the insurgent group.

塔利班要为赫尔曼德省的爆炸事件负责。在这起事件中，大多数地区不是被叛乱组织控制了就是被影响了。

Separately, in (an) apparent drone attack in the southeastern part of the country is said to have killed at least six civilians.

此外，在阿富汗东南部的一起明显的无人机袭击中，至少6名平民死亡。