The Diplomat: Why Would China Help Build an Afghan Military Base in Badakhshan?
According to regional reports, China is set to build an Afghan military outpost in Badakhshan.
In late December, China’s hosting of a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan drew headlines. “China Steps Up to Broker Peace in Afghan-Pakistan Conflict,” Bloomberg reported; “China can help bring peace to Afghanistan,” the South China Morning Post declared. Reuters highlighted China’s announcement that Afghanistan would be included into the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Fewer took note of the subsequent meeting between Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan and Afghan Minister of Defense Tariq Shah Bahrami. Bahrami also met with the Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Xu Qilian. The Diplomat’s Ankit Panda covered the meeting, noting that it “underlined the increasingly close military-to-military ties between the two countries.”
Those military-to-military ties are set to grow even closer. On Thursday, Fergana News, a Russian news outlet covering Central Asia, reported that a new Afghan military base would be built in Badakhshan with Chinese funding.
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WNU Editor: China is "helping" Afghanistan. China is "helping" Pakistan. So there is probably some truth to this .... China mediates between Pakistan and Afghanistan (Sabena Siddiqui, Asia Times).
4 comments:
That CPEC sounds like a great idea.
We've got some other bases here you can re-build or have cheap.
They have an ocean views too.
You can have the Afghan-Pakistan mediation for free.
China is encircling India. Afghanistan is also a land route to Iran....and the Mediterranean sea.
Last step probably is china to push US out by US tactic against the soviet
Man , and people laugh when you say china are raising , slowly and patiently sun tzu at work , when you figure what happen it will be too late , mean while in Washington people are all over gossip .
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