Taliban spokesman says that China will maintain Afghan embassy and 'beef up' relationship

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The Taliban on Friday said that China has pledged to keep its embassy in Afghanistan open and "beef up" relations in the war-torn country, which this week saw US troops depart after a nearly 20-year military presence, according to a Guardian report. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Islamist militia, said that a senior member of the Taliban's political office in Qatar was informed by Chinese deputy foreign minister Wu Jianghao that Beijing sought to increase humanitarian aid in Afghanistan

China last month criticized the "hurried withdrawal" of the US from Afghanistan but said that the country would be open to communicating with the leaders in Washington to help fend off a humanitarian crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-spokesman-says-that-china-will-maintain-afghan-embassy-and-beef-up-relationship/ar-AAO6sgr

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Heaven forbid. An approach that doesn't involve invasion, civil war or bombing lots of poor people? Bound to fail that.

The Taliban are about the only ones not critical of the US exit.

The only thing this war seems to have achieved so far is bringing an obscure group of religious fanatics to world prominence and securing them a lot of extra funding. Could it have gone any better if they planned US strategy themselves?

It's fortunate that US plans rarely involve winning the wars they start. They don't seem very good at it.

Edited September 5, 2021 by Horta

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Germans welcome in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson says

A Taliban spokesman has said Germans are welcome in Afghanistan and that the group hopes Berlin will open diplomatic ties. The militant Islamist group is aiming for international legitimacy — as well as substantial aid.

In an interview published Sunday, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the militant group now in control of most of Afghanistan would like diplomatic relations and financial support from Germany.

"We want strong and official diplomatic relations with Germany," Mujahid told the paper.

DW

Diplomatic ties with Germany? Financial support from Germany? FU!