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India Should Resume Infra Projects In Afghanistan Before Pakistan And China Take The Cake Away
1 year, 8 months ago

India Should Resume Infra Projects In Afghanistan Before Pakistan And China Take The Cake Away

ABP News  

New Delhi should immediately resume its infrastructure projects in Afghanistan that were going on in full swing before the Taliban’s comeback, in order to not only increase its strategic heft but to also gain the goodwill of Afghan people Last week’s decision to include Afghanistan under China’s Belt and Road Initiative should serve as a wake-up call for India that …

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Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?
2 years, 11 months ago

Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?

Hindustan Times  

What does China-Taliban “bonhomie” in a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan indicate for India? The article was based on an Indian analysis by a former lieutenant general on a digital news and current affairs platform, entitled “India backed the wrong horse in Afghanistan, and has gone into a strategic sulk now.” Though the article in Chinese emphasised the claim by the Indian analysis …

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A Taliban-led Afghanistan and the Chinese conundrum
3 years, 4 months ago

A Taliban-led Afghanistan and the Chinese conundrum

The Hindu  

Recent weeks have been unsettling for the people in Afghanistan. First, the cost of production being lower in Southeast Asia meant Chinese firms could gain by shifting their production bases outside China. Third, Chinese firms could evade protectionist measures targeted at their exports when they began exporting from Southeast Asian countries instead. According to the government of China, the development …

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China eyes BRI extension to Afghanistan as it awaits Taliban to form govt
3 years, 4 months ago

China eyes BRI extension to Afghanistan as it awaits Taliban to form govt

Live Mint  

China on Friday expressed hope to extend its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative into Afghanistan, saying the “Taliban believes” that the initiative is good for development and prosperity in the war-ravaged country and the broader region. “China-Afghan cooperation on BRI has delivered tangible benefits,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here on Friday, answering a question …

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The Taliban is persuading China to invest in Afghanistan, but it is not an easy task
3 years, 4 months ago

The Taliban is persuading China to invest in Afghanistan, but it is not an easy task

ABC  

The Taliban's seizure of control in Afghanistan happened so quickly that many major global powers have been left scrambling to get out of the country. Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen told China's state-run national broadcaster CGTN that China could "play an important role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan". "Providing an overall new infrastructure system for Afghanistan — from highways to telecommunication, …

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India has to find a way to deal with Afghanistan and Myanmar
3 years, 4 months ago

India has to find a way to deal with Afghanistan and Myanmar

Live Mint  

On 15 August, as India was celebrating its 75th Independence Day, the Taliban completed its de facto takeover of Afghanistan by marching into Kabul and forcing the president of the internationally recognised government, Ashraf Ghani, to flee the country. With the Taliban takeover, the neighbourhood has turned doubly convoluted, unstable and unpredictable—not just because of the volatile nature of the …

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China should beware ending up in an Afghan creditor trap
3 years, 4 months ago

China should beware ending up in an Afghan creditor trap

Live Mint  

The hurried withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan—the 1975 fall of Saigon déjà vu—has been heralded as a win for China and an opportunity for Beijing to extend its influence across the region. Since the BRI’s inception in 2013, China has splashed billions of dollars abroad: building roads, dams and power plants. In late July, during an Afghan Taliban charm- …

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Taliban is China's new friend, because it makes for good business sense
3 years, 5 months ago

Taliban is China's new friend, because it makes for good business sense

India Today  

The US military is getting out of Afghanistan by August 31, 2021, and with barely a month to go, a Taliban delegation was already in China on July 28 holding friendly 'talks' in Tianjin. In a recent interview to South China Morning Post newspaper Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said “We have been to China many times and we have good …

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Needed, a more unified Asian voice for Afghanistan
3 years, 5 months ago

Needed, a more unified Asian voice for Afghanistan

The Hindu  

As the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization end their presence in Afghanistan and set off a churn in the neighbourhood, Central Asia is emerging as a key player that the global Troika of the United States, Russia and China are turning to. Three meetings this month, of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation contact group on Afghanistan and SCO …

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The Taliban-US treaty: Will it sound the death knell for Pakistan?
4 years, 9 months ago

The Taliban-US treaty: Will it sound the death knell for Pakistan?

Op India  

GAS OVER TAKING OIL With the use of natural gas for power generation skyrocketing during last over one decade, the share of energy produced from gas has also significantly increased with gas now comprising about 35% of the fuel mix. The only route which makes both political and economic sense is through Afghanistan.” Perhaps, thus, Afghanistan and Pakistan became central …

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Trump in India: A diplomatic glass half-full?
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump in India: A diplomatic glass half-full?

Deccan Chronicle  

The much-anticipated “standalone” visit to India by US President Donald Trump began with contrived theatre on the streets of Ahmedabad and the Motera Cricket Stadium while the Taj Mahal provided a soothing interlude. An assessment of Mr Trump’s visit requires parsing of his carefully-crafted Ahmedabad speech, his comments during the press interaction at the US ambassador’s residence on Tuesday evening …

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China does the Taliban shuffle: Beijing's invite to terror outfit's chief negotiator a bid for greater geopolitical influence
5 years, 6 months ago

China does the Taliban shuffle: Beijing's invite to terror outfit's chief negotiator a bid for greater geopolitical influence

Firstpost  

After maintaining an ambiguous stance for some time, the Chinese foreign ministry finally conceded that it recently hosted Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghanistan Taliban’s chief negotiator, who is involved in peace negotiations with the United States over the political future of Afghanistan. Clearly, Baradar’s ‘mission China’ marks a significant shift in China’s Afghan policy, as it is likely to …

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