China Lodges Protest With Afghanistan Over Mine Worker Killing

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mao Ning speaking at the regular press briefing in Beijing on January 23, 2025. Image via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

China said Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

“The Chinese side urgently lodged solemn representations with the Afghan side, demanding that (they) thoroughly investigate and punish the perpetrators,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.

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