China Poised to Neo-Colonize Afghanistan

Timothy Birdnow

China waits like a vulture to pick over the carcass of Afghanistan as soon as we leave.

From the article:

Suhail told This Week in Asia in an exclusive interview that the Taliban now controlled 85 percent of the country and that it would ensure the safety of Chinese investors and workers if they returned.

"We welcome them. If they have investments of course we ensure their safety. Their safety is very important for us,” Taliban spokesperson said by phone, reports South China Morning Post.

I guess the idiot Talibani haven't spoken to any Uyghurs; these slaves will probably be breaking rocks to build those roads in Afghanistan.

The article continues:

With its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China is poised to make an exclusive entry into post-US Afghanistan. According to reports, Kabul authorities are intensifying their engagement with China on an extension of the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the BRI’s flagship project.

According to international media, the project involves the construction of highways, railways, and energy pipelines between Pakistan and China—to Afghanistan.

American troops left Afghanistan’s main and final US military base on Friday, and while the initial withdrawal date was set for September 11, security officials told a British newspaperthat the majority of troops would be out by July 4.

One of the specific projects on the table, according to another source privy to conversations between Beijing and Kabul, is the construction of a China-backed major road between Afghanistan and Pakistan’snorthwestern city of Peshawar, which is already linked with the CPEC route. "There is a discussion on a Peshawar-Kabul motorway between the authorities in Kabul and Beijing,” the source told The Daily Beast on condition of anonymity. "Linking Kabul with Peshawar by road means Afghanistan’s formal joining of CPEC.”

Another thing we can thank Joe Biden for in the coming months.

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