US EditionIslamic State claims responsibility for attack on Chinese-run restaurant in Afghanistan
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province claimed the attack targeting Chinese nationals in retaliation for alleged abuses against Uyghur Muslims, killing 7 and injuring over a dozen, officials said.
- On Tuesday , the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide blast at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national, while Afghan authorities said the cause remained under investigation.
- ISIS-K said it targeted Chinese citizens in retaliation for Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, and its claim matched prior style, widely shared by supporters and online networks via Aamaq news agency.
- The blast ripped through a noodle restaurant on a busy street in Shahr-e-Naw district, central Kabul, after a single attacker detonated an explosive vest near the restaurant kitchen 30 minutes after entering.
- Beijing said China advised Chinese citizens and companies in Afghanistan to strengthen security, evacuate high-risk areas, and urged the Taliban government to take more visible actions against terrorist groups.
- With China’s economic footprint in mind, China has maintained a major presence through 2023 ambassador appointments, mining contracts, and Belt and Road Initiative inclusion despite rising ISIS-K hostility.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for attacks on Chinese citizens in Kabul, saying the motive is the Chinese government's repression of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A bombing claimed by the Islamic State wing in Afghanistan killed at least seven people and wounded more than a dozen in a Chinese restaurant in Kabul on Monday, officials said, in a sign of the group's…
The Islamic State made threats against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, linking the attack to China's alleged ill-treatment of Uighurs Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang.
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