China has called on Afghanistan to thoroughly investigate an attack that killed one of its nationals in northern Takhar province. A Chinese citizen, surnamed Li, who was associated with a mining company, was killed by “unknown people” on Tuesday evening, Taliban police spokesman Mohammed Akbar said.

A Chinese man was killed in northeastern Afghanistan, a Taliban police spokesman said Wednesday. The killing of foreigners is rare in the country, especially since the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2021.