China demands Taliban protect its citizens after deadly Kabul blast

20 January 2026

Beijing has demanded the Taliban government protect its citizens after an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least seven people.

Six Afghans and one Chinese national were killed, and several more injured, in the blast at a Chinese restaurant in a heavily-guarded part of the city centre on Monday, officials told the media.

The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvqx22dyvo

On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic and Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, allegedly shot dead 15 people, including 11 men, 3 women, and a 10-year-old girl. Sajid (an Indian national and Australian permanent resident) was shot dead by police;

Islamic State later claimed credit for the attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi_Beach_shooting

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Getting civilians killed on purpose is standard islamic state/islamist tactics

If you've seen the footage of the Iraqi army vs islamic jihadi's holy shit you'll feel sorry for them, a pregnant woman is walking up to the Iraqi army compound with her kids and they're freaking out telling her to stay back because they're scared she'll either blow herself up or be blown up by the jihadi's

If you've seen Oct 7th for example they went out and attacked Israel then retreated back into homes and schools and hospitals in Palestine, it's why Egypt has the border closed with them

If you've seen how they operate in Afghanistan... etcetc

Weak governance, poverty, and climate stress have allowed jihadist groups to establish a foothold across the Sahel, with the Liptako-Gourma borderlands of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger now accounting for over half of global terrorism-related deaths

https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel

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Not too good. They're currently governed by a criminal fundamentalist, they deny their citizens basic human rights, they're loosing their war in the middle east and they're getting more and more isolated on the world stage.

Oh, you were asking about the IS?