Thursday, August 12, 2021

China Will Recognize The Taliban If Kabul Falls

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in Tianjin [Li Ran / Xinhua/AFP]

US News and World Report: China Preparing to Recognize The Taliban if Kabul Falls 

The move comes at the expense of the U.S., which has held up the Taliban’s international legitimacy as its remaining source of leverage while the militant group storms across Afghanistan. 

China is prepared to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate ruler of Afghanistan if it succeeds in toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul, U.S. News has learned, a prospect that undercuts the Biden administration's remaining source of leverage over the insurgent network as it continues its startling campaign to regain control. 

Beijing has publicly pressured the Taliban to continue working toward a peace agreement with President Ashraf Ghani's government – an outcome China appears to genuinely prefer and one the U.S. has pressed with growing urgency. However, new Chinese military and intelligence assessments of the realities on the ground in Afghanistan have prompted leaders in the Chinese Communist Party to prepare to formalize their relationship with the insurgent network, according to multiple U.S. and foreign intelligence sources familiar with the Chinese assessments. 

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WNU editor: I am willing to bet an understanding was reached two weeks ago when the Taliban leadership were in Beijing for talks .... Afghan Taliban Delegation Visiting China For Talks (July 28, 2021).

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Comrade Xi, comrade Wang and the CPC possess wisdom that the West lacks.

Anonymous said...

Oh good, Russ the white nationalist logged on.

Anonymous said...

Russ I trust, you (8:30) I do not. Russ may be prior military, so there is a greater chance of him living in a multiracial family than the average American or some wanker like 8:30.

Jac said...

All Muslim are using the TAQIYYA and Taliban more than ever. Good luck with these trash.

Dave Goldstein said...
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Anonymous said...

Watch 8:30 try to say something witty, this one's always entertaining!

Anonymous said...

What is this "we" you speak of, have you been appointed to a position?