{"id":878097,"date":"2025-12-16T22:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/afghanistan-vows-border-cooperation-after-tajikistan-says-attacks-killed-five-chinese\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:36:56","slug":"afghanistan-vows-border-cooperation-after-tajikistan-says-attacks-killed-five-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/afghanistan-vows-border-cooperation-after-tajikistan-says-attacks-killed-five-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan vows border cooperation after Tajikistan says attacks killed five Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2025-12-02\/637030_1537436_updates.jpg\" alt=\"A view of a bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31, 2008. \u2014 Reuters\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class><figcaption contenteditable=\"true\" class spellcheck=\"false\">A view of a bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31, 2008. \u2014 Reuters\u00a0<\/figcaption><grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root=\"true\"><\/grammarly-extension><grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root=\"true\"><\/grammarly-extension><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban administration has said that it assured neighbouring Tajikistan it is ready to tighten border security and conduct joint investigations, after attacks, which Dushanbe said were launched from Afghan territory killed five Chinese nationals over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>In a call with his Tajik counterpart on Tuesday, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi expressed regret and said Kabul is prepared to boost coordination between border forces, adding that &#8220;joint measures against malicious elements are a pressing necessity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Islamic Emirate is fully prepared to strengthen border security, conduct joint investigations, and engage in any form of coordination,&#8221; Muttaqi said, according to a statement from the Afghan foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;an atmosphere of trust&#8221; had recently developed between the two countries and should not be undermined.<\/p>\n<p>Tajik authorities said on Monday the two attacks, including one involving drones dropping grenades, had also injured five Chinese workers. China&#8217;s embassy confirmed the casualties and urged Chinese citizens to leave the frontier area.<\/p>\n<p>Tajik President Emomali Rahmon ordered tighter border controls following the incidents, which occurred along the remote mountainous frontier.<\/p>\n<p>China is a major investor in Tajikistan, a Russia-aligned Central Asian state of around 11 million people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Elida Lupo<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/637030-afghanistan-vows-border-cooperation-after-tajikistan-says-attacks-killed-five-chinese\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A view of a bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31, 2008. \u2014 Reuters\u00a0 Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban administration has said that it assured neighbouring Tajikistan it is ready to tighten border security and conduct joint investigations, after attacks, which Dushanbe said were launched from Afghan territory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2016,24499],"tags":[14368,5095],"class_list":{"0":"post-878097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afghanistan","8":"category-border","9":"tag-afghanistan","10":"tag-border"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}