Overview
- Officials said the assault hit Shohin SM’s workers’ camp near the Istiqlol border post in Khatlon, using firearms and a drone equipped with grenades.
- The Chinese Embassy urged citizens to evacuate the Tajik–Afghan border area and warned against investing or working there, while calling for a thorough investigation.
- Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Foreign Ministry expressed regret, condemned the killings, and pledged cooperation through information sharing, technical support, and joint assessment.
- Pakistan condemned the attack and pressed for concrete, verifiable action against terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory, highlighting the use of armed drones.
- No group has claimed responsibility; the incident is the second lethal strike on Chinese workers in the same border region in a year, renewing concerns about project security and border stability.