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China and Russia vow aid to Afghanistan as extremist threat rises
US exit adds urgency to offers of economic support
Afghanistan security casts a shadow over Wang Yi’s visit to Central Asia
China’s foreign minister addresses concerns among Afghanistan’s neighbours as Turkmenistan and Tajikistan move troops and weaponry closer to their borders.
China evacuates nationals from Afghanistan amid US pullout
BEIJING (AP) — China sent a flight to bring home 210 of its nationals from Afghanistan, state media reported Friday, as the U.S. military prepares to leave the country and the security situation grows increasingly fraught.
China a ‘welcome friend’ in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman
With the US withdrawal emboldening the Taliban, the group’s spokesman says it welcomes Chinese investments in reconstruction and would guarantee the safety of investors and workers.
China Has a BIG Plan for Post-U.S. Afghanistan—and It’s Worth Billions
Beijing just can’t wait for the U.S. to get out of the way.
As Pandora’s Box opens in Afghanistan, China is in the firing line
Once defeated insurgent groups with bones to pick against Beijing are back in town as the Taliban’s battlefield successes bring the country to the brink of civil war.
China’s Military Base in Afghanistan
Beijing has long refrained from engaging militarily beyond its borders. However, as some recent reports suggest, this situation may soon change. Ferghana News reported that China will build a military base in the northern province of Afghanistan.
China tells its nationals to leave Afghanistan urgently as violence spirals
Citizens and organisations should strengthen emergency preparedness with security situation ‘becoming more severe and complicated’, Chinese embassy says.
China urges closer Afghanistan ties as US withdrawal looms
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging closer security and economic cooperation with Afghanistan in an apparent effort to bolster its influence in the region as the U.S. and its allies prepare to withdraw their forces from the country.
China says extremism must not be allowed to return to Afghanistan
‘Regional countries and the international community wish to see the future Afghan government pursue moderate Muslim policies,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Central Asian counterparts.
China blames ‘abrupt’ US withdrawal for Afghanistan attack surge
Chinese foreign ministry takes aim at United States after deadly bombings at Kabul girls’ school.
China Vows to Step in as India Curbs Vaccine Supply to Neighbors
India’s neighbors are increasingly looking to China to fill the gap in their stalled coronavirus inoculation drives after New Delhi curbed vaccine shipments to battle a fresh and devastating Covid-19 wave at home.
China may send peacekeepers to Afghanistan when US troops leave: experts
Beijing is concerned terrorist groups will prosper if there is a lack of stability in the region, observers say.
Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Is a Blow for China
The prospect of civil war between the Taliban and the Kabul government bodes ill for Beijing’s interests.
With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
The president’s choice to set a firm date for a full withdrawal reflected a belief that the priorities of 2021 require moving on from policies set in 2001.
China claims Xinjiang conspiracy hidden in three-year-old US video
A 2018 speech by a career US army officer given new life in a Beijing Daily social media post as evidence clothing firm H&M is ‘just a puppet’.
U.S. officials say talks with China useful, but do not highlight any concrete outcomes
Senior U.S. officials briefing reporters after the Biden administration's first high-level face-to-face talks with China said the meetings that ended on Friday had been useful, but they did not highlight any concrete agreements, even in areas of common interest.
U.S. joined by Russia, China, Pakistan in call for Afghan ceasefire
(This March 18 story corrects paragraph 2 to remove first visit reference and deletes paragraph 8 which incorrectly described format of talks)
China to provide Afghanistan with 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
China has pledged to deliver 400,000 doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine to Afghanistan, Afghan officials said on Monday, in a boost for an immunisation campaign begun last week.
Vaccine diplomacy: India seeks to rival China with broad shipments
India has approved the shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Cambodia and plans to supply Mongolia and Pacific Island states, officials said on Sunday, as supplies arrived in Afghanistan - all part of the country's widening vaccine diplomacy.