Overview
- Police say the explosion struck the Chinese Noodle restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district near the kitchen, killing one Chinese national, identified as Ayub, and six Afghans.
- Medical NGO EMERGENCY reported receiving 20 casualties, including seven dead on arrival, and said figures remain provisional.
- Islamic State-Khorasan claimed a suicide bomber carried out the attack and asserted 25 people were killed or wounded, a figure not independently verified.
- Afghan authorities say the cause is still under investigation in a commercial area typically regarded as one of the capital’s more secure zones.
- Beijing requested medical care and greater protection for its nationals and investments, with the Foreign Ministry saying five Chinese citizens were injured and the embassy advising against travel to Afghanistan.