China will be ‘really cautious’ handling the Taliban in Afghanistan

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China will be 'very careful' dealing with the Taliban in Afghanistan

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China will tread meticulously in Afghanistan and its primary objective would be to deal with the Taliban on border security, a previous U.S. ambassador to Beijing stated Friday.

The world’s second-largest economy is among the couple of nations that developed friendly relations with the Taliban even prior to the militant group took control of Afghanistan in a matter of days last month.

“I expect that China will be very careful,” Max Baucus, who was the U.S. ambassador to China in between February 2014 and January 2017 under previous President Barack Obama, stated on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”

“They will not try to take over the country as other countries, including the U.S., have,” he stated, including that China is fretted about possible horror attacks within its borders or on Chinese targets in the area, performed from Afghan soil.

“Their major concern is East Turkestan. They are going to work with the Taliban to help make sure there’s very little terrorism from Afghanistan,” Baucus stated, describing the Uyghur extremist group called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

The previous ambassador included that advancements in Afghanistan will evaluate the United States as its worldwide military and political influence decrease following its withdrawal, leaving space for others like China to fill the space.

“This is going to test the United States,” Baucus stated, including, “We don’t yet have a strongly defined policy for China, and now this withdrawal is going to complicate the development of that strategic policy toward China.”

Afghanistan’s natural deposits

For years, Afghanistan acted as an essential yard for China, according to Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam, who formerly acted as deputy security consultant to previous President Ashraf Ghani.

“Their interest is purely economic and political,” he informed CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Friday, including that the Taliban and the Chinese federal government have really little in typical apart from “challenging the U.S. presence in the region (and) challenging NATO allies.”

China has an interest in Afghanistan’s trillions of dollars worth of untapped mineral resources that can possibly assist Beijing enhance its worldwide impact, according to Hamdam, who likewise formerly acted as senior consultant to NATO in Afghanistan.

He discussed that China can place itself as an alternative source for the Taliban as Afghanistan remains in desperate requirement of financial support.

Taliban forces patrol near the entryway gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport, a day after U.S soldiers withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021.

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