“Behind the warm words about the Taliban, lies a cautious attitude to a group viewed by some as fundamentalist and allied with terrorist groups that threaten Chinese interests.”
After the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, the Chinese government struck an upbeat tone. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called the militant group “clear-headed and rational”, while the special envoy for Afghanistan described it as “friendly”.
Beijing has gloated over the American debacle in Afghanistan, which, it is claimed, offers further proof of theof the western democratic model and the superiority of China’s policy of ‘non-interference’. Damage at the Chinese Embassy after a suicide bombing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, blamed on the ETIM in 2016. The Taliban is accused of maintaining links with the ETIM, also known as the Turkistan Islamic Party, which has sought for decades to establish an independent state in China’s far west. to ETIM, and hosted the group in the 1990s during its previous regime. The UN has estimated that there are hundreds of ETIM members in Afghanistan.
But, when asked if the Taliban would extradite ETIM members to China, Shaheen “did not answer directly”. In the 1990s, the Taliban constrained ETIM at Beijing’s request, but did not expel it from Afghanistan. Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China, on July 28, 2021. While well-positioned to expand its influence post-US departure, Beijing's worries that Afghanistan under the Taliban could again become fertile ground for extremist groups.
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