Afghanistan, Jan. 22 -- Unidentified gunmen killed a Chinese citizen on Tuesday evening in Takhar province, Afghanistan.

Sources reported that unidentified gunmen killed a Chinese citizen on Tuesday evening, January 21, in Khwaja Bahauddin district of Takhar province, Afghanistan. The interpreter and driver accompanying the victim fled the scene and sought refuge at a Taliban checkpoint.

Local Taliban officials confirmed the death of the Chinese citizen, identified as "Li," according to the spokesperson for the Taliban police command in Takhar.

Mohammad Akbar Haqqan, spokesperson for the Taliban's security command in Takhar, stated that the victim, along with his interpreter, had traveled without informing Chinese office authorities or s...