Posted on 08/15/2021 2:43:06 AM PDT by blueplum
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Pakistan's foreign minister has accused India and Afghanistan of backing a suicide bombing which killed nine Chinese workers on July 14, and called for the remaining perpetrators to be handed over to Islamabad for trial.
The attack, which took place in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, left 13 people dead and dozens injured after a bus convoy carrying Chinese engineers to a construction site was rammed by a car carrying more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives, according to Pakistan authorities. Two Pakistan soldiers were also killed in the attack. Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi alleged the attack had been carried out by "the Pakistani Taliban...
...China has extensive economic interests in neighboring Pakistan, one of Beijing's strongest diplomatic allies in the region, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road global infrastructure plan. Many Chinese nationals have traveled to Pakistan to work on the roads, railways and pipelines that are part of the multibillion dollar project...
The Chinese government met with senior leaders of the Afghanistan Taliban on July 28 as part of an ongoing effort by Beijing to help maintain stability in the region
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Buahahahahaha!
The chinese think they can “Shape” and “Hegemonize” the Taliban.
Red Chinee go boom!
Heads go “Pop!”
Welcome to the hurt locker you poor Red Chinee buggers!
China is going to have a little problem with the muslim Taliban in regard to China’s treatment of the muslim Uyghurs. The taliban is not going into the farming business or manufacturing, they are going to keep fighting, and with some lately procured military hardware, thanks to Joe Biden.
Bingo! Islam is what the Taliban are fighting and dying for. China is the world’s most obvious enemy of Islam given China’s treatment of its own Moslem population.
China may need to go all Mongol on the Muslims. Stock up on popcorn.
Hard to say who I would want to lose. Maybe let the Chinese flounder around for 20 years and have Afganistan win again.
Hitler and Nazism.
with some lately procured military hardware
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Except for small arms, most of the heavy stuff - tanks, arty etc are being targeted by the USAF and blown up. Troop concentrations are being given the A-10/Ghostrider treatment.
China vs Muslims
I think I am ok with that.
That’s what a competent military would do. Except that they would not have let it get to this in the first place.
I do not believe that Ghani would have relinquished power if he thought that the US military had the political will to support him.
From the day of its creation, no statement the government of Pakistan issued has been believable.
Wait'll China tries doing business in Afghanistan. This will seem like a minor incident.
The ancient Mongols are one of the groups that settled what is now called Afhganistan
That may be a problem. Their army is made up of "only sons," born under the one-child rule. They got beaten badly by India in the Pangong Lake battles of 2020, and the parents of the dead Chinese soldiers are causing a lot of problems for Xi.
Their army is a paper tiger.
Except for one Twitter post from an obscure source, it has not yet been corroborated or verified that Ghani has, at this time, relinquished power.
From the day of its creation, no statement the government of Pakistan issued has been believable.
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Never said anything about those characters - just from a US report about what we were doing - I think I saw it on FR.
Now reported by the AP. Not that they are a reliable source but ...
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