Posted on 03/24/2022 9:50:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — China’s foreign minister made a surprise visit Thursday in Afghanistan’s capital, meeting with the country’s new Taliban rulers — even as the international community fumes over the former insurgents’ broken promise to reopen schools to girls beyond the sixth grade.
According to the official Bakhtar News Agency, Wang Yi was to meet with Taliban leaders “to discuss various issues, including the extension of political relations, economic, and transit cooperation.”
The Taliban, who seized power last August during the chaotic final weeks of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces after 20 years of war, have been seeking international recognition in order to open up Afghanistan’s economy, which has been in free fall since their takeover.
Wang’s visit came as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, was also in Kabul. Kabulov also met with the Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban spokesman Qahar Balkhi said.
Both Beijing and Moscow have become significant regional players, outdistancing the United States. Russia and China, which have both criticized the hasty U.S. departure from Afghanistan, worry about that their enemies could find a safe haven under the Taliban rule.
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Blood Minerals, blood partners.
sure, go ahead, let-em go beyond a sixth grade education, next thing you know, they’ll want to vote...
They are buying weapons to be used to conquer Taiwan.
Nothing surprising about it.
Afghanistan has lithium and lots of it....................
LOL...
REM is not just the name of a band.
All those Biden bribes payed off so well.
What a surprise. And to top it off Putin’s special envoy just happens to be in Kabul at the same time. My what a coincidence.
Soon there will be Chinese weapons being sold to Afghanistan, then Chinese trainers and advisors, then Chinese construction projects with Chinese laborers, then Chinese immigrants, then Chinese provinces. The Afghans will then be treated like all non Chinese are treated in China. Ask the Uighur. The Chinese don’t care about casualties They have tens of millions of surplus male population.
All those United States weapons left behind can be reverse engineered by the Chinese and Russians. SMDH
China’s foreign minister must be placing an order for the rest of the arms Biden left behind Xi much happy.
fentanyl & opium! A Marriage made in heaven and honeymooning in the US!!!
Yep!
“They have tens of millions of surplus male population.”
Yes, this surplus is called grandpas. The ChiComms demographically screwed the pooch with their abortion policies.
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