China Urges Evacuation After Attack on Tajikistan-Afghanistan Border

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon (C) and China's President Xi Jinping as they gather for a group photo during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP)

China’s embassy in Tajikistan called on its nationals to leave the country’s border zone with Afghanistan, after an attack killed three Chinese people and wounded one. The victims worked for the mining company LLC Shohin SM.

Tajik authorities said the attack was launched from the Afghanistan side and involved small arms and a grenade-equipped drone. Tajikistan announced it would reinforce its 1,375-kilometer border in response.

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