{"id":1608411,"date":"2022-08-16T09:47:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608411"},"modified":"2022-08-16T09:47:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:47:39","slug":"china-praises-taliban-for-giving-afghans-better-security-one-year-after-taking-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-praises-taliban-for-giving-afghans-better-security-one-year-after-taking-over\/","title":{"rendered":"China Praises Taliban for Giving Afghans \u201cBetter Security\u201d One Year After Taking Over"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fchina-praises-taliban-for-giving-afghans-better-security-one-year-after-taking-over%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=1608411&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\">China, through its official Foreign Ministry and propaganda arms, celebrated the anniversary of the Taliban jihadist organization seizing power on Monday by repeatedly condemning America for its \u201cfailures\u201d in the country and praising the Taliban for its \u201cadvanced\u201d governance and improved \u201csecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party has emerged in the past year as one of the Taliban\u2019s most loyal foreign allies. Taliban spokesmen immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-relations\/Afghanistan-turmoil\/Taliban-rolls-out-red-carpet-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road-Initiative\">expressed<\/a> in public a desire to see the Communist Party invest in Afghanistan and for them to join Beijing\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global debt trap scheme in which China offers predatory loans to poor countries meant to be used to build infrastructure.<\/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>\u201cChina, our great neighboring country, can have a constructive and positive role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and also in the economic development and prosperity of the people of Afghanistan,\u201d Taliban spokesman and current United Nations envoy Suhail Shaheen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/31\/taliban-it-is-expected-china-will-support-us\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0in an interview shortly after the fall of Kabul. \u201cIt is expected [that] China [will] play its role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials and state media have, in turn, openly expressed a desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/19\/china-taliban-afghanistans-minerals\/\">exploit<\/a> Afghan natural resources, most prominently its vast mineral wealth, with an anti-American Taliban government in power. China also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/05\/05\/taliban-greenlights-150-factory-chinese-industrial-park-kabul\/\">announced<\/a> plans to build a 150-factory industrial park in Kabul in May.<\/p>\n<p>China is one of a small number of states that have accepted the Taliban as the official \u201cinterim\u201d or \u201ccaretaker\u201d government of Afghanistan. Most of the world has not acknowledged the Taliban but does not consider deposed former President Ashraf Ghani the head of government in Kabul, either, maintaining an ambiguous stance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>After 20 years waging war against the U.S. government \u2013 which entered the Afghan war theater following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda \u2013 the Taliban returned to power on August 15, 2021. Ghani fled the country on a helicopter, allowing Taliban terrorists to enter and take over Kabul with minimal resistance. Taliban leaders had abstained from attempting to overthrow Ghani\u2019s government in earnest following the development of an agreement between them and the government of former President Donald Trump, but returned to full\u00a0<em>jihad<\/em> after leftist President Joe Biden announced in April 2021 that he would violate the agreement for U.S. troops to leave on May 1 of that year.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, the Chinese government-run\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> propaganda outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/17\/chinese-media-applauds-taliban\/\">described<\/a> the Taliban\u2019s return to power as \u201ca sunny day in Kabul.\u201d On Monday, the\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202208\/1273049.shtml\">acknowledged<\/a> that \u201cchallenges remain\u201d for the Taliban but offered an overall positive assessment of the terrorist organization\u2019s stranglehold on power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One year on, Afghans are experiencing better security under Taliban rule but challenges in economic and social governance remain. Experts call for US to shoulder responsibility of the chaos it left and unfreeze Afghan assets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4ZiLluCOo\">https:\/\/t.co\/G4ZiLluCOo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OikCBNI9IZ\">pic.twitter.com\/OikCBNI9IZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1559171424518082565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSeveral interviewees pointed out to the Global Times that the Taliban\u2019s administrative capabilities are comparatively more advanced, but the \u2018tribal culture\u2019 still holds great sway in their governing style,\u201d the state newspaper claimed. \u201cThey said the security situation in the country has improved since Taliban took power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> praised the Taliban for an \u201coverall significant reduction in armed violence,\u201d citing United Nations statistics from July. It also interviewed an alleged Chinese businessman in the country who praised the Taliban for offering help to merchants and encouraged them to attempt to build their businesses, theoretically profiting both the Taliban and Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Taliban entered Kabul, we were closed for a week. Like everybody else, we were closely watching the Taliban\u2019s attitude toward citizens, the former government, and foreigners,\u201d the merchant, identified as Yu Minghui, was quoted as saying. \u201cFour days after they occupied the city, a newly appointed Taliban police chief approached us and told us not to worry and asked if we needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper also outrageously claimed that the Taliban had improved health care in the country and had taken \u201ca more flexible approach\u201d with treatment of foreign women, though it acknowledged the extreme repression of Afghan women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>To the extent that Taliban rule has stumbled, the\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> blamed uncontrollable outside forces, such as America and global financial institutions, for their failures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the economic and social level, Afghanistan under the Taliban\u2019s rule presents a more worrying scene: A shortage of foreign exchange reserves, inflation, increasing poverty, and unemployment,\u201d the Chinese outlet noted, blaming U.S. sanctions on the terrorist group and boasting that \u201cChina has provided $8 million worth of assistance to families affected by the recent earthquake in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> also published a bizarre political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam fishing for cash in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#US<\/a> legacy in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a><br \/>\u7f8e\u56fd\u7ed9\u963f\u5bcc\u6c57\u7559\u4e0b\u7f6a\u6076\u7684\u9057\u4ea7\u3002<br \/>\u270fVitaly Podvitski <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5JFaX1QvF\">pic.twitter.com\/k5JFaX1QvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valiant Panda (@_ValiantPanda_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ValiantPanda_\/status\/1559164568655388672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chinese Foreign Ministry, commenting on the anniversary during its regular briefing on Monday, did not praise the Taliban, spending the vast majority of its time on Afghanistan condemning the United States. Spokesman Wang Wenbin declared that the Taliban\u2019s return to power proved that helping countries transition to democracies with full respect for human rights was a doomed venture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Kabul moment\u2019 marks the failure of the \u2018democratic transformation\u2019 imposed by the US,\u201d Wang said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202208\/t20220815_10743533.html\">transcript<\/a> of Monday\u2019s briefing. \u201cA country\u2019s path to democracy can only be explored by that country\u2019s own population independently in light of their national conditions. The path to democracy varies from country to country, and will not work if it is imposed from the outside. Forcing the US-style democracy on a country has invariably led to dysfunction and failure of its implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe so-called \u2018leader of the West\u2019 left its reputation in tatters when it decided to ditching [sic] its allies in the hurried retreat,\u201d Wang declared, accusing America of \u201csowing discord and stoking confrontation for the sake of its own geopolitical objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang concluded by demanding that Washington fund the Taliban\u2019s success. He did not acknowledge the Taliban\u2019s decades of investment in jihadist terrorism or the recent revelation that the head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was living unperturbed in the wealthiest neighborhood of Kabul before a U.S. airstrike eliminated him.<\/p>\n<p>China had recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/08\/03\/china-defends-taliban-jihadis-sovereignty-against-u-s-airstrike-killing-al-qaeda-chief\/\">condemned<\/a> the airstrike against Zawahiri, claiming it to be a violation of the Taliban\u2019s \u201csovereignty.\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=1660132893706000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1BU1fwXzct4qdMrvGoAjDU\">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=1660132893706000&#038;usg=AOvVaw32ZvrEV33R9YoduYtXqtzw\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China, through its official Foreign Ministry and propaganda arms, celebrated the anniversary of the Taliban jihadist organization seizing power on Monday by repeatedly condemning America for its \u201cfailures\u201d in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1608599,"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-1608411","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\/1608411","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1608599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}