China can contribute to Afghan development: Taliban spokesman

KABUL: China has played a constructive role in promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan and is welcome to contribute to the rebuilding of the country, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Chinese state media.

The Taliban seized control over the weekend in an upheaval that sent thousands of civilians and Afghan military allies fleeing for safety. Many fear a return to the group’s strict interpretation of Islamic law imposed during the previous Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago.

In dealing with the Taliban, an increasingly powerful China may be able to leverage the fact that unlike Russia and the United States, it has not fought in Afghanistan.

“China is a big country with a huge economy and capacity — I think they can play a very big role in the rebuilding, rehabilitation, reconstruction of Afghanistan,” Shaheen told CGTN television in an interview late on Thursday.

During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s meeting with a Taliban delegation in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin last month, he said he hoped Afghanistan could adopt a moderate Islamist policy.

China has cited religious extremism as a destabilising force in its western Xinjiang region and has long worried that Taliban-controlled territory would be used to harbour separatist forces.

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  1. Y does the US leave a trail of destruction ?

    US enters a nation, when it seeks decisive results, and in an emergency or an urgency !

    So the 1st thing it needs to do, is to build, breed and maintain, a loyal force, of local military, politicians and bureaucrats

    For that, these 3 targets have to ADOPT the ideology, of the US.

    Thence, comes in the money to co-opt these 3 targets – by salaries,aid and infra projects – wherein the projects are given to cronies of these 3 targets, to pay off the 3 musketeers ! This is THE GENESIS OF CORRUPTION !

    These 3 targets then spread the US ideology, to the masses and some bite – BUT MANY DO NOT – as there is NOT enough money to go around, and that some people, JUST DO NOT WANT ANY IDEOLOGICAL CHANGE – It is the comfort, with the OLD.

    Then as time passes the majority are cut off the quasi American elite – and the seeds of permanent war are sown – and that makes the incumbent regime a US puppet.

    In a few years,some local or global power supports the masses – and you have TOTAL WAR !

    The war is fought by and among locals, with US strat and tech, and some US lives.

    The Country is annihilated, and the regime exits and CHAOS resides.

    It is the same movie – BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE DIRECTOR WANTED IT ! THE DIRECTOR =US !

    The target nation is doomed and will always be a US puppet ,and the regime which exited, is a PERMANENT LONG TERM ASSET of the US,and if all goes well,THE TARGET NATION WILL BE PARTITIONED !

    So the US Goals are always MET,albeit at the cost of a few US lives,The Financial Cost is not much !

    In Iraq – the OIl offset the cost !

    In Afghanistan – it was the 9/11 CAT insurance and the Drugs ! And now,unless the US aids Taliban,the drugs will resume.

    Today in Viet – the Viet slit eyes love the Yanki as it is the Yanki alone which can save the Viets from PRC.

    And the TRUTH is that the US does NOT CARE ABOUT COLLATERAL DAMAGE.That India’s Chabahar and Infra in Afghanistan are blown to smithreens – is of no concern to the US !

    But then Y should the US care ? dindooohindoo

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