Afghanistan: China offers Taliban support to rebuild Kabul

KABUL, 29 October 2021, (TON): China has pledged to help rebuild Afghanistan if the Taliban agree to join forces to neutralize threats of terrorist networks which “are stoking unrest among its Muslim Uyghur population”.

Taliban’s deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Qatar this week assured him security situation in Afghanistan was under control despite increasing attacks from the rebels.

Wang Yi said that China would help rebuild Afghanistan, calling on US President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against the country.

After the Taliban seized power, more than $9 billion in Afghanistan Central Bank reserves have been frozen in a New York bank.

During the two days of high-level talks in the Qatari capital city of Doha, the Chinese delegation and Islamic Emirate officials agreed to work on strengthening diplomatic relations and implementing Chinese projects in Afghanistan.

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