China Says Armed Attack on Tajik-Afghan Border Kills 3 of Its Nationals

A locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. AP Photo

BEIJING–An armed attack killed three Chinese citizens in Tajikistan on the Central Asian nation’s border with Afghanistan, China’s embassy in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe said on Friday.

One Chinese national was also injured in the attack in the southwestern province of Khatlon on Wednesday, the embassy added. It did not identify the perpetrators.