BEIJING
\nOne Chinese citizen was killed and four others injured in an attack near the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Beijing\u2019s foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
\n\u201cOn November 18 Beijing time, the camp of a private Chinese enterprise in the border area between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was attacked (located on the Tajikistan side), resulting in the death of one Chinese citizen and injuries to four others,\u201d a statement to AFP read.
\n\u201cChina strongly condemns the violent attack, expresses deep mourning over the victims, and expresses sincere condolences to the injured and the families of the victims,\u201d it said.
\nA \u201cworking group\u201d dispatched by China\u2019s embassy in Dushanbe has arrived at the area of the attack to \u201cexpress sympathy to the injured and coordinate the handling of subsequent matters\u201d, the ministry added.
\nThe motive and identity of the attacker or attackers was not clear from the statement, which also said the Chinese ambassador had urged the Tajik side to \u201cget to the bottom of incident as soon as possible\u201d.
\nTajikistan shares a winding 1,350-kilometre (840-mile) border with Afghanistan and designates the Taliban \u2014 which retook control of the country in 2021 \u2014 a terrorist organisation.
\nChinese firms \u2014 especially companies involved in the extraction of raw minerals such as gold \u2014 have a strong presence in Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan.
\n\u201cIn view of the security situation in the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border area, we remind Chinese citizens and enterprises in the area to pay special attention to safety,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING One Chinese citizen was killed and four others injured in an attack near the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Beijing\u2019s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. \u201cOn November 18 Beijing time, the camp of a private Chinese enterprise in the border area between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was attacked (located on the Tajikistan side), resulting in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n