Taliban: “China Is Our Most Important Partner”
September 3rd, 2021Cryptogon 2010 re: rare earths in Afghanistan: “Did China know about this all along? Without Chinese funding, the U.S. wouldn’t be in Afghanistan.”
And now, the Taliban announce, “China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us, because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country.”
Talk about China playing the long game…
Maybe the CIA will continue to move the opium out while the Chinese get the minerals.
Via: Al Jazeera:
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has told an Italian newspaper that the group will rely primarily on financing from China following the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and its takeover of the country.
In his interview published by La Repubblica on Thursday, Mujahid said the Taliban will fight for an economic comeback with the help of China.
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“China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us, because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country,” the Taliban spokesperson was quoted as saying in the interview.
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He said the New Silk Road – an infrastructure initiative with which China wants to increase its global influence by opening up trade routes – was held in high regard by the Taliban.
There are “rich copper mines in the country, which, thanks to the Chinese, can be put back into operation and modernised. In addition, China is our pass to markets all over the world.”
