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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Chinese-run restaurant in Afghanistan

By Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2026 | 2:54 PM

CAIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed ‍responsibility on Monday for an attack on ‌a Chinese-run ‌restaurant in a hotel in Kabul.

An explosion tore through ​the restaurant in ‍a ​heavily guarded ​part of ‍Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national ‍and six Afghans and injuring several ‍others, ‍including ​a child, ​officials ⁠said.

(Reporting by ‌Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Edmund ⁠Klamann)