China announced on Thursday that it had submitted “solemn representations” to the Taliban government of Afghanistan in response to the Islamic State group’s assertion that a Chinese mine worker was killed in an attack.
“The Chinese side urgently submitted solemn representations to the Afghan side, requesting that they conduct a comprehensive investigation and penalize the perpetrators,” stated Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry.
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“China is deeply shocked by the attack, strongly condemns it and expresses condolences to the victims,” the communist leader stated.
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On Tuesday evening, the provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Akbar Haqqani, informed AFP that the Chinese citizen was murdered by “unknown armed men” while traveling in northern Takhar province, which borders Tajikistan.
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He stated that the man was traveling “for an unknown reason” and had not informed security officials, who typically accompany Chinese nationals on trips within the country.
SITE, a jihadist monitoring organization, reported that the regional chapter of the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack later Wednesday.
