The flags of China and Afghanistan's Taliban are displayed during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2023. A gun attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate killed a Chinese national in northeast Afghanistan, the Taliban announced on Jan. 22, 2025.

A Chinese mine worker was killed in an attack in Afghanistan, police said Wednesday (Jan 22), where the Taliban government is trying to project an image of security to encourage investment from Beijing.

Gunmen killed a Chinese coal mine worker in an attack in Afghanistan, according to an Afghan official Wednesday. “Unknown” armed men opened fire and killed the Chinese worker who was traveling on Tuesday in northern Takhar province which borders Tajikistan, Taleban's Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani told reporters.

A Chinese mine worker was killed in a targeted attack in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, with the Islamic State (ISIS) claiming responsibility for the assault. The attack occurred in Takhar province, near the Tajikistan border, when the victim was traveling with a translator.

China has called on Afghanistan to thoroughly investigate an attack that killed one of its nationals in northern Takhar province. A Chinese citizen, surnamed Li, who was associated with a mining company,