Chinese Victim of Kabul Restaurant Bombing Laid to Rest

Taliban personnel carry the shrouded body of the Chinese victim who died in an explosion of a Chinese restaurant in the Shahr-e Naw area, during a funeral ceremony in the Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque in Kabul on January 20, 2026. Photo by BAIS YUSUFI / AFP

By Qubad Wali and Bais Yusufi

Mourners gathered Tuesday 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.

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