The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national, and wounded more than a dozen others.

A bombing that killed seven people and injured a dozen more at a noodle restaurant in a busy area of Kabul is likely to heighten China’s growing security concerns in Afghanistan.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Britain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iran have condemned the explosion that occurred on Monday at a joint Chinese–Afghan restaurant in Kabul. The blast took place at around 3:00 p.m. in the Gulforoshi alley of the Shahr-i-Naw neighbourhood. According to reports, the Daesh group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion struck at a hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw district, causing a number of casualties. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said the blast had caused both deaths and injuries, and that the cause was being investigated. Neither had details on the number of casualties.

At least seven people were killed as Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) said the attack was aimed at Chinese citizens amid rising regional security concerns.

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Mourners gathered on Jan. 20 for the funeral of a Chinese man killed in a restaurant bombing in central Kabul, where Afghans were picking up the pieces of their shattered shops. The explosion ripped through a Chinese restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district on Jan. 19, killing six Afghans and wounding more than a dozen people.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility overnight for a deadly attack at a restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national.

The IS claim included a threat against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, linking the attack to China's alleged mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang.View on euronews

The Islamic State group says they were behind the blast in Kabul, but police say they are still investigating the cause.