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China’s foreign minister has met with a Taliban delegation in the latest sign of increasing warmth between Beijing and the insurgent group that is rapidly expanding its influence across
Afghanistan.
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Wang Yi told the nine-strong group, including Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, that China would “play an important role in the process of peaceful reconciliation and
reconstruction in Afghanistan”, according to a foreign ministry readout, stressing that the insurgents should crack down on any “direct threat to China’s national security”.
The meeting came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN-News18 during a trip to India that Afghanistan risks becoming a “pariah state” if the Taliban successfully regains control.
He said that “the taking over of the country by force and abusing the rights of its people is not the path to achieve” the group’s “objectives”.
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