Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Three Chinese nationals killed in Tajik-Afghan border attack
Three Chinese people were killed and one was hurt in an attack near the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
The attack happened on Wednesday night in a place called Khatlon province in Tajikistan.
The Chinese government in Tajikistan told its people to leave the border area because it's not safe.
They haven't said who did the attack or why it happened.
Three Chinese nationals were killed in an armed attack on the Tajik-Afghan border.
One other Chinese national was injured in the attack.
The attack occurred on Wednesday evening in Tajikistan's southwestern Khatlon province.
China's embassy in Dushanbe urged its citizens to evacuate the border area.
The motive and perpetrators of the attack are unknown.
- Who
- Three Chinese nationals killed, one injured
- What
- Armed attack on Tajik-Afghan border
- When
- Wednesday evening
- Where
- Tajikistan's southwestern Khatlon province
- Why
- Unknown
- Victims
- Three Chinese nationals killed, one injured
- Location
- Tajikistan's southwestern Khatlon province
- Date
- Wednesday evening
- Source
- China's embassy in Dushanbe
- Response
- Chinese citizens urged to evacuate border area