Features of the Relations Between China and Afghanistan With the Sphere of Economics, Military Industry and the Fight Against Terrorism
China has included Afghanistan to the “China-Pakistan Development Corridor” (CRPD) in terms of the “One Belt – One Way” project. This project started back in 2017, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced it at the first trilateral meeting in the history of the foreign ministers of China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. China actively claims economic and political domination in the region, threatening the U.S. interests. Thus, the installation of such connections challenges the global economy and politics and cannot be viewed as one-sided.
The motives of Afghanistan are clear. After decades of continuous war, the country’s manufacturing sector and infrastructure are in a terrible state, and the country can get out of its economic backwardness and total poverty only if there is large-scale foreign investment. At the same time, the People Republic of China is already actively investing in Afghanistan and, according to the expert, is the largest investor in the country’s economy.
Cooperation between Kabul and Beijing goes far beyond the economy. So, China provides free aid to Afghanistan for hundreds of millions of dollars annually, builds housing and infrastructure. In 2016, China for the first time offered military assistance to Afghanistan, and the country’s leadership held negotiation on enhanced defense cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of the PRC. Kabul has expressed interest primarily in logistics equipment, light weapons, spare parts for aviation, ammunition and military uniform from China.
In 2017, despite the refutations of official Beijing, there were reports of the presence of Chinese troops on Afghan territory. It was alleged, in particular, that the Chinese military conducted joint patrols with their Afghan counterparts in the mountains of the Small Pamir. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense of China in February 2017 did not confirm this information, but they said that both countries carried out joint counter-terrorist operations.
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