ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack on Chinese Restaurant in Afghanistan

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People gather amid smoke after a blast at a Chinese-run restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 19, 2026, in this screengrab from a handout video. TOLOnews via Facebook/Handout via ReutersA bombing at a Chinese restaurant in downtown Kabul killed one Chinese national and six Afghans and injured more than 10 others on Jan. 19. The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack targeting Chinese citizens due to the Chinese communist regime’s increased persecution of Uyghurs.This latest attack on Chinese entities and nationals in Afghanistan reflects the complicated relationships between the Chinese regime and different fundamentalist groups in the Middle East.

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