China has said that it will work with Afghanistan to fight “terrorism”, after it blamed a deadly train station attack on “extremists” from its western Xinjiang region, which shares a short border with the war-torn nation.
Saturday’s announcement from Foreign Minister Wang Yi comes as Beijing expressed increasing concerned about security in restive Xinjiang, where it says Muslim fighters receive help from those in neighbouring countries.
China says separatists from the region, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, launched an attack in the southwestern city of Kunming last week, killing at least 29 people and injuring about 140.
China will work with the international community for political reconciliation in Afghanistan and support reconstruction, the foreign minister said at a press briefing during an annual session of China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament.
“We will also work with Afghanistan and other neighbours to resolutely fight all terrorist forces,” he said.
China will host a foreign ministerial conference on Afghanistan in August to encourage “a move toward lasting peace”, Wang added.
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