Chinese Citizen Killed In Takhar Attack By Unidentified Gunmen
Sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that unidentified gunmen killed a Chinese citizen in Khwaja Bahauddin district of Takhar on Tuesday evening, January 21.
Sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that unidentified gunmen killed a Chinese citizen in Khwaja Bahauddin district of Takhar on Tuesday evening, January 21.
According to sources, the translator and the driver of this person fled the scene of the accident and went to the Taliban outpost.
Local Taliban officials confirmed the death of the Chinese citizen.
A spokesman for the Taliban's police command in Takhar said that the Chinese citizen's name was "Li".
Mohammad Akbar Haqqan, a spokesman for the Taliban's security command in Takhar province, wrote in a statement that the Chinese citizen "was traveling with his interpreter last night without informing the Chinese officials and security officials from the office in an unknown direction, and unfortunately he was killed by unidentified people on the way to Dasht-e-Qala in Takhar province".
Local sources said that the incident took place in the Katkajar area of Khwaja Bahauddin district, on the border with Dasht-e-Qala district.
The Taliban official said that the translator of the Chinese citizen was not injured in the incident.
The Taliban said that they had launched an investigation into the matter.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban intelligence agency has interrogated the Chinese citizen's driver and translator.
According to sources, the Chinese citizen worked in the mining sector.
