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Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative

www.reuters.com Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative

The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping's huge 'Belt and Road' infrastructure initiative and will send a technical team to China for talks, Afghanistan's acting commerce minister said on Thursday.

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1y ago

Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative

www.reuters.com /world/asia-pacific/taliban-says-plans-formally-join-chinas-belt-road-initiative-2023-10-19/

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Only superpower left who hasn't tried to invade them at some point in time.
- They will when the Taliban defaults on their debt to them. Then they discover why you don't invade Afghanistan.
  You get bogged down in tribal wars and spend 20 years worth of time and treasure.
  
  Everyone does it eventually
  
  You could say it's a trail by fire of a superpower.
  
  China knows they will default. This is about control.
- China has invaded Afghanistan multiple times since the Han Dynasty in the BCs.
  
  Just softening them up for 2027