Posted on Aug 24, 2021
Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China
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America's two-decade presence in Afghanistan was always a mixed bag for neighboring China.
"On the one hand, [China] didn't love the fact that there [were] American military bases literally on their border in Afghanistan," says Raffaello Pantucci, a fellow with the Royal United Services Institute, a security think tank in the United Kingdom. "On the other hand, you know, they thought, well, at least someone is dealing with the issues there. And we don't have to."
America's two-decade presence in Afghanistan was always a mixed bag for neighboring China.
"On the one hand, [China] didn't love the fact that there [were] American military bases literally on their border in Afghanistan," says Raffaello Pantucci, a fellow with the Royal United Services Institute, a security think tank in the United Kingdom. "On the other hand, you know, they thought, well, at least someone is dealing with the issues there. And we don't have to."
Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China
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