VOA常速英语2021--阿富汗首都一学校外发生爆炸,已致55人死亡（在线收听）

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A security official told Reuters that the toll from blast targeting a school in Afghanistan's capital Kabul Saturday has risen to at least 55 people dead more than 150 injured mean many badly.

一名安全官员告诉路透社记者，阿富汗首都喀布尔的一所学校星期六发生爆炸，造成至少55人死亡，150多人受伤，许多人伤势严重。

Afghan authorities say the bomb exploded near a girls school in a majority Shiite district of West Kabul.

阿富汗当局表示，一枚炸弹在喀布尔西部什叶派占多数地区的一所女子学校附近爆炸。

Taliban condemned the attack and denied any responsibility.

塔利班谴责此次炸弹袭击，并否认对此负责。

Ambulances evacuated the wounded as relatives in residence screamed at authorities near the scene of the blast at the school.

救护车将伤员转移，居民亲属在学校爆炸现场附近责备当局。

The bombing, apparently aimed to cause maximum civilian carnage, adds to fears and violence in the war-wrecked country could escalate as the US and NATO end nearly 20 years of military engagement.

此次爆炸袭击显然旨在制造最大限度的平民伤亡，并加剧人们的忧虑，在美国和北约结束近20年的军事接触之际，这一饱受战火蹂躏的国家的暴力活动可能升级。

Israeli police have clashed in East Jerusalem with Palestinian protesters during the holiest night of Ramadan.

在斋月最神圣的夜晚，以色列警方在东耶路撒冷与巴勒斯坦抗议者发生冲突。

Beefed up police forces marched through the streets of East Jerusalem outside the Old City Saturday

星期六，警方加强警力在东耶路撒冷老城外的街道上巡逻，

adding to already heightened religious tensions that have unleashed the worst unrest in the holy city in several years.

这使本就加剧的宗教紧张局势雪上加霜，也引发了圣城几年来最严重的骚乱。

Earlier police blocked busloads of Muslim pilgrims headed to Jerusalem to worship.

早些时候，警方拦截了几车前往耶路撒冷礼拜的穆斯林朝圣者。

The police action came after a night of heavy clashes Friday between Palestinians and Israeli police in the holy city.

巴勒斯坦人星期五晚上就与以色列警察在圣城发生了严重冲突，警方此后采取了行动。

Tensions in East Jerusalem claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians have triggered major rounds of violence in the past.

以色列和巴勒斯坦人都声称东耶路撒冷的紧张局势是过去主要暴力的导火索。

Early Sunday, the Israeli military said that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, fired a rocket at the country's south.

以色列军方周日早些时候表示，加沙地带的巴勒斯坦武装分子向以色列南部发射了一枚火箭。