Taliban aligns with China, assures Afghan soil will not be used for anti-China activities

Taliban militants visit Foreign Minister of China

India needs to plan out a strategy keeping in mind that it will have to endure the friendship between the Taliban and China.

Kabul (Afghanistan) – A group of Taliban militants from Afghanistan, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, visited China. The militants group met the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Mullah Baradar told China that ‘Afghanistan’s land will not be used against the security of any country’. A few days before this meeting, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and ISI chief Faiz Hameed had gone to China to meet Wang Yi. (It would not be a surprise if China, Pakistan and Taliban unite against India – Editor)

1. The Taliban has captured more than half of the territory bordering China’s Xinjiang Province. China fears that the Taliban will infiltrate Xinjiang Province and help Uyghur Muslims of China.

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2. China has explicitly expressed hope that the Taliban will end ties with all terrorist organisations. It includes the Al Qaeda aligned Uyghur Muslim rebel group East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). The ETIM is rebelling for an independent Xinjiang Province.