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Will not let anyone use Afghan’s territory: Taliban tells China
Updated On: 29 July, 2021 08:31 AM IST | Beijing | Agencies
This is the first meeting between China and the Taliban amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan
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People sit in a queue to submit their passport applications at an office in Kabul on Wednesday. Pic/AFP
A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday made a surprise visit to China and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which the Taliban leader termed Beijing as a “trustworthy friend” and assured that the group will not permit “anyone to use” Afghanistan’s territory.
This is the first meeting between China and the Taliban amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan. The ongoing offensive by the Taliban capturing a significant amount of territory from government forces has sparked concerns in China that the separatist Uygur militant group from its volatile Xinjiang province, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM) would infiltrate through its Afghan borders.
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