{"id":9256,"date":"2026-01-20T12:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:48:47","slug":"isil-claims-kabul-attack-on-chinese-restaurant-that-killed-seven-people-taliban-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9256","title":{"rendered":"ISIL claims Kabul attack on Chinese restaurant that killed seven people | Taliban News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Group links attack to China\u2019s \u2018crimes\u2019 against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan\u2019s capital that killed at least seven people.<\/p>\n<p>The group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late on Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant in Kabul frequented by Chinese nationals and detonated an explosive vest.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>ISIL\u2019s statement, which claimed 25 people were killed or wounded in the blast, including Taliban guards, linked the attack to \u201cgrowing crimes by the Chinese government against Uighurs\u201d and issued a further threat against Chinese nationals in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Interior spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said on Tuesday that the cause of the explosion at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw area was \u201cunknown so far and is being investigated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the blast killed a Chinese national, identified only as Ayub, and six Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant serving the Chinese Muslim community was jointly run by a Chinese Muslim man, Abdul Majid, his wife and an Afghan partner, Abdul Jabbar Mahmood, Zadran said.<\/p>\n<p>Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a news briefing that five Chinese nationals were injured, requesting that Afghanistan \u201cspare no effort\u201d in treating the wounded and take measures to protect the safety of its citizens and investments.<\/p>\n<p>China, which shares a 76km (47-mile) border with Afghanistan, has close ties with the Taliban government, and Chinese business visitors have flocked to the country since the group took control of war-torn Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing denies claims by rights groups that it is guilty of widespread abuses of the Uighurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority group numbering about 10 million who make up most of the population of China\u2019s far western region of Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Taliban promises to restore security, bomb attacks have continued in the country, many of them claimed by the local affiliate of ISIL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group links attack to China\u2019s \u2018crimes\u2019 against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan\u2019s capital that killed at least seven people. 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