A suicide bombing outside the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul has left at least five dead and scores wounded. It hasnโt even been a month since the Islamic State launched a similar attack targeting Chinese nationals at a hotel in Afghanistanโs capital.
Zhang Jun, Chinaโs envoy to the UN, raised concerns over a Security Council report on Afghanistan-based terrorism. The Uyghur militant group that Beijing is particularly concerned about, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), is not considered to be an organized threat by the U.S.
New York Times reporter Edward Wong speaks with Kaiser and Jeremy about foreign correspondence and dealing with censorship during his nine year tenure in Beijing.
Edward Wong and Prashant Rao, two journalists with years of experience in Iraq, share thoughts on the Islamic State and its potential impact on China.