喀布尔外国人居住的宾馆发生爆炸

A suicide bomb attack on a hotel compound in Afghanistan's capital ended Monday with the deaths of one policeman and all three attackers.

阿富汗首都一个宾馆星期一发生自杀炸弹袭击。一名警察和所有三名袭击者全部丧生。

Kabul's police chief General Abdul Rahman Rahimi said one suicide bomber died when he blew up his explosives-laden truck Monday morning outside the security wall of the Northgate Hotel, just east of the Kabul airport.

喀布尔警察总长阿卜杜勒·拉希米说，星期一早上，在喀布尔机场以东的北门宾馆的安全墙外，一名自杀炸弹杀手引爆装载炸药的卡车后身亡。

The Northgate houses foreign contractors, including Americans.

北门宾馆住的是包括美国人在内的外籍合同工。

Police say the explosion was felt throughout Kabul and knocked out power across much of the city.

警方说，整个喀布尔市都有震感，爆炸导致该市大面积断电。

Rahimi said two other attackers tried to enter the hotel, but police fired on them, forcing them to take shelter in a nearby compound. The attackers were killed in an ensuing battle that lasted for several hours. One police officer was killed and three others wounded in the exchange of fire.

拉希米说，另外两名袭击者试图进入宾馆，但是警方向他们开火，迫使其在附近一个场地藏身。袭击者在随后持续几小时的战斗中被击毙。在交火过程中，一名警官身亡，其他三人受伤。

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

塔利班声称对袭击负责。