World News | Security interests widen trust gap between Afghan Taliban and China

Beijing [China]Sept. 30 (ANI): China has apparently suspended investment or aid in Afghanistan as the country is unhappy with the Afghan Taliban’s failure to live up to its commitments to safeguard Beijing’s security interests.

The communist country has begun to treat Afghanistan with extreme caution, not making large investments because the country’s interim government has failed to safeguard China’s security interests.

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China provided only $31 million worth of aid last year, including food supplies and coronavirus vaccines, compared with $7.5 million worth of humanitarian aid in June following a 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Afghan soil, according to the Afghan diaspora. assistance.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian highlighted the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and the country’s ties with China at a recent press conference, saying: “Beijing is dissatisfied with the Afghan Taliban for not putting the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (East Turkestan Islamic Movement) on the line. ETIM) from Afghanistan.”

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He further said, “From the communication between China and the Afghan Taliban, the Afghan Taliban has repeatedly stated that it will not allow any terrorist organization to use Afghan territory to attack China or any other country, and hope that the Afghan side will earnestly honor this commitment,” at the briefing. superior.

In early July, a United Nations report shed light on the situation, according to the Afghan diaspora, adding that ETIM had rebuilt several strongholds and expanded its operations in Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan.

According to Britain’s Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism, “Despite Chinese pressure, the Taliban have made no efforts to expel ETIM militants from Afghanistan.”

In addition, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been repeatedly targeted by Balochistan separatists and TTP terrorists as they see it as an exploitative project that casts doubt on its successful completion in Pakistan, adding to China’s concerns . .

In another incident, nine Chinese workers were killed when a bus exploded in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. According to reports from the Afghan diaspora, the deceased was working on the Dasu hydropower project, which is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project in the Upper Koshistan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is a stronghold of the TTP.

As far as the Belt and Road Initiative is concerned, direct trade growth has so far been limited. A complete lack of infrastructure or management capacity on the Afghan side limits their ambitions, while worrying about what they might get into.

Even nearly a decade after Beijing launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), several of its key projects in Pakistan have failed to bring any investment to the country that is about to fall into economic crisis.

Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan has seen a surge in local protests against Pakistani troops over land issues. Local people are angry at the army’s “land grab” in the name of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). (ANI)

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