2021年9月10日
Frank Ching
EJ Insight
Afghanistan offers chance for U.S.-China collaboration
but Beijing is hesitant
The crisis in Afghanistan, which exploded with the sudden collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government, left the Taliban in control, creating consternation over the possibility that the country may once again become a haven for terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, which was responsible for the 9/11 attack on the United States in 2001.
Already, an Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the August 26 Kabul bombing, which killed more than 160 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
China, Afghanistan's neighbor, is also apprehensive. Adjacent to Afghanistan is Xinjiang, where China is cracking down on Muslim Uighurs who supposedly pose a terrorist threat. ...
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