Overview
- Afghan officials confirmed at least seven dead — one Chinese national and six Afghans — with more than a dozen wounded after the blast in central Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district.
- EMERGENCY’s Kabul surgical center received 20 casualties, including seven people who were dead on arrival, with four women and a child among the injured.
- The explosion struck the Chinese Noodle restaurant attached to a hotel on Gulfaroshi Street and occurred near the kitchen around mid‑afternoon, police said.
- Afghan authorities said investigations are ongoing as police secured and later reopened the street, with Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani pledging accountability.
- China reported one citizen killed and five injured, urged enhanced security for its nationals and projects, and advised Chinese citizens to avoid travel to Afghanistan.