{"id":1399074,"date":"2022-03-24T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399074"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:48:18","slug":"chinese-foreign-minister-makes-surprise-visit-to-taliban-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-foreign-minister-makes-surprise-visit-to-taliban-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Foreign Minister Makes Surprise Visit to Taliban in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-foreign-minister-makes-surprise-visit-to-taliban-in-afghanistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi landed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday to meet with senior Taliban officials, a sign of approval that Taliban leaders expressed hope would yield significant economic benefits to them.<\/p>\n<p>Wang had previously traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan, to attend this week\u2019s meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Host country Pakistan and fellow member nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/22\/china-attends-islamic-cooperation-meeting-while-torturing-muslims\/\">welcomed<\/a> China warmly despite the fact that the Communist Party is currently committing genocide against Muslim-majority ethnic groups in a region that borders both Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>At that event, Wang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3171569\/china-vows-support-islamic-wisdom-conflict-resolution-us\">called<\/a> for the world to embrace \u201cIslamic wisdom to solve contemporary hotspot issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party has enthusiastically embraced the Taliban\u2019s return to power since former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country in August, leaving a power vacuum the jihadist organization filled. China has used its position at the United Nations and other international venues to encourage the United States and other Western countries to spend money on ensuring the Taliban\u2019s successful establishment as the government of Afghanistan. China has not, however, recognized the Taliban as the formal government, instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/28\/iran-china-legitimize-taliban-as-interim-government-of-afghanistan\/\">referring<\/a> to it as an \u201cinterim\u201d or \u201ccaretaker\u201d government.<\/p>\n<p>No state actor has recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan at press time, though several, prominently including China, have openly collaborated with Taliban leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban\u2019s Bakhtar News Agency published video images on Thursday of Wang landing in Kabul, greeted upon landing by the Taliban\u2019s top diplomat, \u201cMinister of Foreign Affairs\u201d Mawlavi Amir Khan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China\u2019s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a> and met with Mawlavi Amir Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Muttaqi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Muttaqi<\/a> IEA Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKyKg2VRDx\">pic.twitter.com\/DKyKg2VRDx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bakhtar News Agency (@BakhtarNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BakhtarNA\/status\/1506898552370479107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inamullah Samangani, the Taliban\u2019s official deputy spokesman, published an extensive statement detailing conversations Wang and senior Taliban leaders engaged in on Thursday in a thread on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>According to Samangani, Wang met with Taliban \u201cdeputy prime minister for economic affairs\u201d Abdul Ghani Baradar and several \u201chigh-ranking officials of the Islamic Emirate,\u201d the Taliban\u2019s formal name for itself, to discuss \u201ctrade, transit, and economic relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to sincere cooperation with the People\u2019s Republic of China, and ensuring peace and security in Afghanistan means peace and stability in the region,\u201d Baradar reportedly said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u06cc \u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0632\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0628\u0627 \u0648\u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0645\u0648\u0631 \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c\u0647 \u0686\u06cc\u0646<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0631\u0645 \u0645\u0644\u0627 \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0646\u06cc \u0628\u0631\u0627\u062f\u0631 \u0622\u062e\u0646\u062f \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u06cc \u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0632\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0645\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0632 \u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0627\u0645\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0628\u0627 \u0648\u0627\u0646\u06af \u06cc\u06cc \u0648\u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0645\u0648\u0631 \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c\u0647 \u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u06cc \u062e\u0644\u0642 \u0686\u06cc\u0646 \u0648 \u0647\u06cc\u0627\u062a \u0647\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0647 \u0627\u0634\u060c \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0646\u0645\u0648\u062f.<br \/>\u06f1\/\u06f1\u06f4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WSbDkF53cl\">pic.twitter.com\/WSbDkF53cl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inamullah Samangani (@HabibiSamangani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HabibiSamangani\/status\/1506945443103748100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Samangani relayed that Baradar expressed particular enthusiasm in China investing in Afghan mines \u2013 Afghanistan is one of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/article\/afghanistans-rare-earth-element-bonanza\">richest<\/a> countries in rare-earth metals, pivotal for electric cars and green energy projects \u2013 and participating in China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI is a global infrastructure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2017\/11\/23\/x-things-you-should-know-about-chinas-one-belt-one-road-plan\/\">project<\/a> in which China offers poor countries predatory loans to be used to pay China to build ports, roads, and railways. When the countries cannot pay the loans back, China seizes the infrastructure sites \u2013 and the land they are built on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Taliban officials also allegedly expressed interest in \u201cgreen\u201d energy initiatives like solar, wind, and hydroelectric power. Taliban officials have repeatedly claimed to want to participate in expanded projects against climate change. Shortly after taking power in August, Taliban \u201ccultural\u201d official Abdul Qahar Balkhi asserted that \u201cclimate change need[s] the collective efforts of all,\u201d and the Taliban wants to join global efforts against it. Similarly, in November, a Taliban spokesman urged more climate change action in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfghanistan has a fragile climate. There is need for tremendous work. Some climate change projects which have already been approved and were funded by Green Climate Fund, UNDP, Afghan Aid, should fully resume work,\u201d Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/01\/climate-fighters-taliban-wants-u-n-funds-to-protect-fragile-environment\/\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Taliban deputy spokesman reported extremely complimentary remarks towards the terrorist organization from Wang.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn response, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Afghanistan and China have a long and historic relationship and we hope that the friendship between the two countries will continue and strengthen,\u201d Samangani claimed. \u201cChina praises the positive actions of the Islamic Emirate, and it is important to establish an inclusive government and a positive change in the lives of Afghan women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A day before Wang landed in Kabul, the Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/23\/taliban-breaks-promise-bans-girls-from-school-over-6th-grade\/\">banned<\/a> girls above sixth grade from going to school in its official ceremony to usher in the beginning of the school year, claiming it needed more time to properly align education with its fundamentalist interpretation of\u00a0<em>sharia<\/em>, or the Islamic law. No reports indicate that Wang objected to this action.<\/p>\n<p>Wang appeared to agree to China investing heavily in Afghanistan\u2019s mining industry and accepting more \u201cagricultural imports\u201d from the Taliban. Taliban leaders specified saffron as one of their most prized exports.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has been notably mum on Wang\u2019s visit at press time. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin refused to offer any information on the visit when asked during his regular press briefing on Thursday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202203\/t20220324_10655064.html\">transcript<\/a> of the briefing the Chinese government published.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> propaganda outlet published quotes from Wang during the visit later on Thursday, highlighting China\u2019s alleged interest in humanitarian efforts with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina respects Afghanistan\u2019s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, respects the independent choice made by the Afghan people, and respects Afghanistan\u2019s religious beliefs and customs,\u201d Wang reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1256765.shtml\">said<\/a>, according to the state newspaper. \u201cChina never interferes in Afghanistan\u2019s internal affairs, never seeks any self-interest in Afghanistan, and never seeks the so-called sphere of influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> also accused the international community, especially the United States, of \u201cblatant robbery\u201d for not allowing the Taliban to access billions of dollars in Afghan government assets on the grounds that the Taliban is not a legitimate government entity but a jihadist organization with ties to al-Qaeda and other global terrorism leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The state newspaper emphasized that Wang\u2019s visit to the Taliban was \u201clow-profile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648119860490000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3qazzf2-Idylj4rkHk1nNX\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648119860490000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2zh1TgxtkEYKTcjMAS3Xex\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi landed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday to meet with senior Taliban officials, a sign of approval that Taliban leaders expressed hope would yield significant economic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}