Posted on 04/17/2013 7:49:52 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
BEIJING: India and China would hold their first-ever dialogue on Afghanistan here tomorrow aiming to cooperate to deal with the impact of US troops' pullout from the war-torn country by 2014 amid fears of return of Taliban and al-Qaida.
The dialogue between the two countries signifies China's interest in seeking convergence with India on the emerging grim situation in Afghanistan even as it held similar talks with Russia and its close ally Pakistan.
The meeting is taking place in the backdrop of talks between the National Security Advisors of India, China and Russia held in Moscow recently to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
China also held a trilateral meeting with Russia and Pakistan later.
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China's concerns over US pullout from Afghanistan arises out of its USD three billion dollars investments in that country, besides its fears of a adverse impact on its Muslim Uygur dominated Xinjiang province, which border Afghanistan as well as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
Oh, and someone tell Mark Steyn there's another Uygur mention in the news.
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