Posted on 03/28/2022 1:14:52 PM PDT by caww
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an unannounced surprise visit to Afghanistan Thursday, where he held talks in Kabul with Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Afghan Interim Government Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
The visit comes seven months after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, leaving behind a power vacuum that China is waiting to fill. China is especially interested in Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, which includes gold, precious stones, coal, oil and gas, lithium, copper and rare-earth minerals.
China is not the only power taking advantage of the power vacuum that the U.S. withdrawal has left behind. Iran is also in talks with Taliban authorities to mine iron ore in the west of Afghanistan. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Afghan Geological Survey (AGS), the iron and copper reserves alone could be worth as much as $700 billion.
In his talks with the Taliban, Wang Yi stressed the friendly neighborly relations between China and Afghanistan and made it clear that China “respects” the Taliban takeover. Acquiring international recognition has been a key priority for the Taliban, and although China has yet officially to recognize the terrorist group as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, Wang Yi’s language would appear to hint that it might not be far off.
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Cool headgear! Almost as cool as those Nork generals.
BS. No one is surprised by this.
Huawei, whose US based CFO was arrested for aiding Iran against US law and then released when Biden became president, was partnered with Taliban prior to 911. On 911 they were in the process of installing a fiber optic communication/defense network for the Taliban.
Wang leads the way….
Biden pulled out prematurely, letting Xi push his Wang in to fill the hole left behind.
Afghanistan has a sizeable Rare Earth deposit so it’s no wonder China is poking their nose into “helping” Afghanistan recover from US abuse.
Why did you put “All Israel” when the source is All Arab News?
There were several articles last year stating that China had taken control of the US airfields and associated structures. Anyone know if that was true or just fake news??
Because my source is All Israel.
Both are Published by Joel Rosenberger.
Not a surprise. Part of the plan.
Well done sir.
Checking to see what modifications that they will make on Bagram Air Base. Thanks biden.
Both?
Are they one and the same?
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