China Confirms 5 Citizens Injured in Kabul Attack

Mujahed had also confirmed that two foreigners who had jumped out of the window of the guest house had been injured.

A guest house in which Chinese citizens had been staying came under attack by armed in Kabul on Monday.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

He said that two foreigners who had jumped from the window of the hotel have been wounded.

Armed men attacked a Chinese guest house on Monday in Kabul.

Photos from the scene of the attack received by Afghanistan International show that several men had jumped from the window of a high-rise building in Kabul.

Other pictures of flames coming out from the windows of this building have been published.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Earlier, Reuters reported that gunmen had opened fire inside a building in Kabul where several foreigners have been living.

The Chinese embassy in Kabul has not commented on the attack so far.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted witnesses as saying that the sound of an explosion and shooting was heard near a famous Chinese guest house in Kabul.

"The explosion was very strong and then, there was a lot of gunfire," the witness told AFP.

There are no reports about the casualties of this attack and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The US diplomat stressed that she has engaged with several Afghan human rights activists on Friday. According to Decker, these human rights defenders are championing access to education, the right to work, and the protection of Afghanistan’s diverse population, and they are the bravest people she has known.

The US embassy’s statement about human rights in Afghanistan comes when the United Nations is celebrating the annual International Human Rights Day on December 10.

Many of the basic rights of Afghan people, especially girls and women, are being violated by the Taliban restrictions on an everyday basis.

On this year’s Human Rights Day (December 10), the UN also asked Taliban to live up to the commitments listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Afghanistan is a signatory.

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and those who assume to govern have an immense responsibility as duty-bearers to each and every man, woman and child,” said Roza Otunbayeva, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.

The UN statement noted that despite announcing a general amnesty for former government officials and security force members and despite promising a more lenient approach towards women and girls in Afghanistan, there has been a marked deterioration of the population’s enjoyment of their basic human rights and freedoms.

UN added that the Taliban is responsible and accountable for the deteriorating situation because have limited dissent by cracking down on protests and curbing media freedoms.

The global organisation also reiterated their call for the release of Zafira Yaqobi and four other women’s right activists who remain in Taliban custody despite being in jail for more than one month now after their arrests in Kabul on 3 November.

The United Nations also stated that corporal punishments such as public floggings constitute a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and urged for abolishing the death penalty.