China could play major role in rebuilding Afghanistan: Taliban

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Desk report: The Taliban has welcomed China’s participation in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. They noted that China has a role to play in bringing peace to the country. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shahin made the remarks in an interview with China’s state television channel CGTN on Thursday. News Reuters. The Taliban has been in contact with China since before the fall of Kabul last week. Last month, a Taliban delegation met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. Now that Afghanistan is under Taliban control, analysts say China will look at the country. “China is a big country,” Shahin told CGTN. They have huge economies and capabilities. I think they can play a big role in rebuilding Afghanistan. ” But in order to get China’s help in Afghanistan, the Taliban will have to change their radical policies. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks after a meeting with the group last month. He said at the time that they expected a moderate Islamic policy to be adopted in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, relations with the Taliban are improving, but in the past, the Taliban were the cause of China’s headaches. There are allegations of religious instability in the country’s Xinjiang region. Beijing feared that separatist groups could find refuge in the Taliban-controlled part of Afghanistan.

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