KABUL, June 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Special Representative of UN Secretary General (SRSG) to Afghanistan Jean Arnault strongly condemned the killing of Chinese workers at a construction site in northern Afghanistan on Thursday.

    "The special representative is appalled by the killing of 11 Chinese construction workers last night on the outskirts of Kunduzand condemns it in the strongest possible terms," Manoel de Almeida e Silva, spokesman of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan(UNAMA) told journalists in Kabul.

    Eleven workers were killed in the terrorist attack carried out by a group of some 20 unknown armed men at the compound of Chineseworkers on a construction site 36 km south of Kunduz province at around 01:00 a.m. on Thursday (2030 GMT Wednesday).

    Around 100 workers were at the site. Many of them came from eastern China's Shandong province and just arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

    The SRSG notes with great sadness that this tragedy follows other serious incidents against electoral and humanitarian aid workers on May 5 in Nuristan and on June 2 and 6 in Badghis and Paktya in which eight Afghans and expatriates were killed, the spokesman added.

    Jean Arnault also conveys his condolences and expresses his sympathy to the Chinese Government and to the families, friends and colleagues of the victims.

    No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the latest bloody incident in Kunduz but the fugitive leaders of Taliban and their allies have vowed to disrupt any rebuilding activities run under US influence in the post-Taliban nation. Enditem