China is watching Afghanistan anxiously as US withdraws

There is no reason why Afghanistan is known as the “grave of kingdoms”. The ancient Greeks, the Mongols, the Mughals, the British, the Soviet Union and more recently the United States have all started the abrupt coups longing to shed their blood and the blood of their soldiers in the sand.

But after their return to the royal family, a new art competition begins. It is a file of The US is inviting you of Afghanistan, China is looking anxiously at its western border and negotiating with the Taliban, an Islamist group that was ousted in 2001.

The burning question is not whether the Taliban would be able to replenish electricity from the US and whether China – even though it had a lasting “non-disruptive” ideology – could be the next power attempting to write a chapter on the history of Afghanistan.

He talks to the Taliban and looks at Xinjiang

Beijing has been in talks with the Taliban and although their talks have not been kept secret, government officials, ambassadors and experts from Afghanistan, India, China and the US say important aspects of the main idea are taking place.

An Indian government official said China’s approach was to try to rebuild damaged buildings in Afghanistan according to the Taliban by managing money through Pakistan, one of the strongest allies in Beijing region.

“We can be sure that China will fund the rebuilding of Afghanistan through the Taliban through Pakistan,” he said. “China is a purse for Pakistan.”

A Chinese diplomat said: “If China asks Pakistan to support the Taliban.”

The man added that Beijing had pushed for the Taliban to reduce its ties with groups alleged to have been formed by Uyghur militants in aid.

The groups, which Beijing calls the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, are an important part of the security situation in China in the region. ETIM groups are estimated by the UN Security Council last year to be 3,500, some of whom were from Afghanistan via China.

Both the UN and the US designated ETIM as terrorists in 2002 but Washington he left his group last year. China has condemned ETIM in a series of robberies in Xinjiang, a northwestern region of Beijing keeps Uyghur about 1m and a few other people in training camps.

Demonstrating Beijing’s determination against ETIM, Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister, has urged his Asian counterparts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan this year to join forces to fight the group.

“We have to fight against ‘three evil groups’ [of extremism, terrorism and separatism] including the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, ”Wang said in May.

Acquisition Belt and Road Initiative

The importance of the project, Wang added, stems from the need to protect “major projects and activities” in order to create a “safe Silk Road”. Silk Road is one of the most popular Chinese words Belt and Road Initiative, the signature of President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy to build and prosper abroad.

An important part of China’s drive to seek peace in Afghanistan is to protect BRI operations in Pakistan and Asian regions while opening up Afghanistan to future institutions, the researchers said.

Qian Feng, director of research at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing, said China and Afghanistan have both shown political courage in fostering cooperation under BRI. If peace is achieved in Afghanistan, “it will no doubt” bring significant benefits to China and Eurasia, “Qian said.

Fan Hongda, a professor at the Middle East Studies Institute of the Shanghai International Study University, says China will play a key role in promoting peace in Afghanistan.

“While China has long been cautious in exporting foreign troops, with the support of the United Nations, China could join the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan,” he said.

“With the ongoing unrest, Afghanistan could become a center of Islamic development, which could jeopardize peace in Xinjiang.”

However, such aspirations will not come true as in Afghanistan is returning to widespread violence following the release of US and Nato troops. The notion that Kabul’s stability was unjustified, according to local ambassadors.

The Afghan government has been able to stabilize largely due to the US air force’s presence. Drones, rifles, helicopters and heavy artillery did not match the Taliban.

But once the US leaves, the chances will diminish, despite a US promise last week to provide 37 Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan government.

“In 34 states, Afghan forces have the only way to fight 40% of the area without US military assistance,” one ambassador said.

Sean Roberts, assistant professor at George Washington University and author War of the Uyghurs, he said China’s need to establish trade routes to Europe and the Middle East could spell war in Afghanistan.

“Afghanistan is a good example of how difficult it will be for China to stay out of politics and security in the region in the richest regions,” Roberts said.

Additional reports of Emma Zhou in Beijing