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Beijing Offers Taliban Economic Aid: UK Times

China calls on US President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against Afghanistan and unfreeze $9 billion in central bank reserves


Taliban forces stand guard in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

China has offered to help the Taliban rebuild Afghanistan in exchange for their co-operation in eliminating terrorist groups it says are stoking unrest among its Muslim Uighur population, The Times reported on Tuesday.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister, met Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, for talks in Doha.

Wang pledged that China would help to “rebuild the country”, and called for US President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against Afghanistan and unfreeze $9 billion in Afghan central bank reserves.

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.