A suicide explosion attack occurred on Wednesday (January 11) near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, causing five people to die.According to reports, a Chinese delegation originally scheduled to go to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the same day.Chinese media reported that no Chinese citizens were injured in this incident.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Reuters reported that the terrorist group Islamic State claimed to be responsible for the attack.A spokesman for Police, a policeman in the capital of Afghanistan, announced that the number of official deaths was five, but an official of the Afghan Ministry of News said that 20 people died and claimed that the person who had planned to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not been able to succeed.
A surgical center organized by Italy's non -governmental organization said they received more than 40 patients after the incident.
Muhajer Farahi, deputy minister of Afghanistan News and Culture, told AFP: "Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should have a Chinese delegation, but we don't know if they are present when the explosion occurs."
Afghan Prime Minister's office senior official Ahmadullah Muttaqi said that no foreigners appeared in the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time of the incident.China Global Network reported that no Chinese citizen was injured in this attack.
A hotel in Kabul also had an attack last month, causing five Chinese citizens to be injured.
