Also, China's military provided training for Afghanistan's Taliban militia and its al Qaeda supporters, according to a U.S. intelligence report.The intelligence was obtained from anti-Taliban Afghan sources. The training of the Taliban forces took place before September 11. Defense officials said it was carried out in cooperation with Pakistan's ISI intelligence service.
Evidence of Chinese military backing for the Taliban continues to surface. Late last month, U.S. Army Special Forces troops discovered 30 HN-5s, the designation for Chinese-made SA-7s surface-to-air missiles, in southeastern Afghanistan.
Other intelligence reports indicated the Chinese shipped missiles to the Taliban after September 11. China's government has denied supporting al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Can you provide the SPECIFIC US intelligence reports, ie links etc, rather than just saying intelligence reports??
It is SO ridiculous to say that China trains the Taliban, while the Taliban is trainning anti-China forces
The US Govt had already confirmed that the Chinese made weapons found in Afghanistan were those that China supplied to the Mujahedeen during the USSR-Afghanistan War of 1980
Shortly after 9-11 Pres George Bush visited China in Oct 2001 for the APEC and personally thanked Chinese Pres Jiang and the Chinese people for their support for the US in its War on Terrorism. Why would Pres Bush do this if China is on the side of the Taliban?