遇袭时，这三人正与特种部队成员及阿安全部队执行例行的巡逻任务，他们乘坐的车辆遭爆炸袭击后受到轻武器火力攻击。

The trio were working with special forces carrying out a routine security patrol with Afghan forces when their vehicle was struck by a bomb blast and came under small arms fire.

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这些袭击的目的还是要使非盟维和部队看起来是偏向目前冲突中的一方，这样，维和部队就可以轻易成为袭击的目标并且遭到攻击。

They were also intended to portray AMISOM as a partisan in the on-going conflict so that its troops could easily become a target and subjected attacks, " he said.

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多数分析员对此不予重视.从直接攻击安全部队转向策划自杀性爆炸事件和小规模埋伏行动或许就是游击队组织势力相对较弱的一个标志。

The group’s switch from direct attacks on the security forces to suicide bombings and small-scale ambushes may be a sign of relative weakness.

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