Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Chinese-run restaurant in Afghanistan

Monday, January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM

CAIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack on a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in Kabul.

An explosion tore through the restaurant in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring several others, including a child, officials said.

(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Edmund Klamann)


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