11 Chinese killed in Afghanistan attack

[dArKeR]

BEIJING - About 20 gunmen burst into a construction site in Afghanistan early on Thursday, killing 11 Chinese workers and wounding five, Chinese state media said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on foreigners in the country.

The attack on a Chinese aid project in northern Kunduz province occurred two days after about 100 Chinese workers had arrived at the site, Xinhua news agency said.

Security guards exchanged fire with the assailants in the attack that killed 11 workers and wounded five, the agency said.

“I am getting reports that this happened 30 km (18 miles) outside Kunduz. It appears that armed men entered their compound,” said an aid security official in Kabul, who asked not to be named.

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[TexasMexican]

1. I was about to ask...

when the Chinese invaded Afghanistan?

That being said, does anyone know if the Chinese have any troops in Afghanistan? I thought I saw a news report way back when about them contemplating sending some people.

[Spazito]

2. The only part of Afghanistan that is not under Taliban/Al Qaeda...

or warlords is Kabul. So much for the promise of bush and blair not to abandon Afghanistan.

[dArKeR]

3. I wonder if the children are really attending school? Not the CNN

fluff which once reported the schools are open and went to one in Kabul to show girls are going to school. What is the truth for the nation?

[Spazito]

4. From what I have been able to glean from the news...

the schools that have girls attending are in Kabul, otherwise, the conditions are the same as they were prior to the "war". NATO only has enough troops to patrol and protect Kabul. I stand to be corrected though if someone has more accurate information.