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After US exit, Taliban declares China as its main partner in Afghanistan
The Taliban also announced that it will be joining Chinese president Xi Jinping's ambitious project Belt and Road Initiative to revive the Ancient Silk route. In return, China will be allowed to fully tap Afghanistan's mineral resources, copper, lithium and rare earth minerals--the feedstock of the electric-car revolution.
Pakistan's duplicitous strategy in Afghanistan and elsewhere
Analysts have been digging up assessments of varying nature on the likely course the situation in Afghanistan would take in the coming days. There is a high degree of uncertainty on the manner in which the government would ensure a safe and secure Afghanistan.
Household items going up for sale on roadsides in Afghanistan
"Many people are selling off whatever valuable they have," said Nematullah, a shopkeeper in Kabul, RFE/RL's Radio Azadi reported. For some, it is about survival, earning enough to feed their families each day. Others will use the money to flee their homeland and its new fundamentalist rulers. "People are desperate. There are no jobs and no money. People don't have any other choice," said Nematullah.
China eyes Afghan air bases, concerns for India
Expressing concerns, experts say this could be an attempt to keep India away from southeast Asia, where China wants to have complete control. Reacting to the current development in Afghanistan, former diplomat Anil Trigunayat said the recent interview by Taliban's spokesperson clearly said China would be their most important partner under the new Taliban-led Afghan government.
China eyeing to capture Bagram base in Afghanistan, might use Pakistan against India: Nikki Haley
"We need to watch China because I think you are going to see China make a move for Bagram Air Force Base. I think they are also making a move in Afghanistan and trying to use Pakistan to get stronger to go against India. So, we have got a lot of issues," she said. In an interview with Fox News, Haley said that the country has many other challenges and Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan has lost confidence of the allies.
Baradar to lead new Afghan govt, Mullah Omar's son in key role
The development comes as the Taliban is battling rebel fighters in Panjshir Valley and was striving to to ward off an economic collapse. Baradar, who heads the Taliban's political office in Doha, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, in senior positions in the government, TOLO News said citing the sources.
China is our main partner, we care very much about Silk Road: Taliban
Mujahid told the La Repubblica newspaper that the Taliban "care a lot about the ‘One Belt, One Road' project. We own rich copper mines, which, thanks to the Chinese, will be modernized. Finally, China represents our ticket to the markets around the world".
Taliban claim advances in Panjshir
Inamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission, said that 34 members of the opposition forces were killed in the ongoing clashes, Tolo News reported. The Taliban shared a video online saying their forces had advanced in Shutul district. "A heavy toll has been inflicted on the opposite side in last night's operations as well as in this morning's clashes in Shutul district of Panjshir," Samangani said.
We have the right to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir: Taliban
In a Zoom interview with BBC Urdu, Shaheen also said that the Taliban do not have a policy to raise arms against any country. "We have this right, being Muslims, to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, or any other country," he said, as per Geo News. According to Shaheen: "We will raise our voice and say that Muslims are your own people, your own citizens. They are entitled to equal rights under your laws."
Al-Qaeda statement on Kashmir handiwork of Pakistan's ISI: Intel agencies
A day after the last contingent of the US army left Afghanistan in the intervening night of August 30-31, the Al Qaeda issued a statement in which it called for "a global jihad to liberate Islamic lands" including Kashmir. Congratulating the Taliban for taking full control of the country after the US exit, the Al-Qaeda said, "Liberate the Levant, Somalia, Yemen, Kashmir and the rest of the Islamic lands from the clutches of the enemies of Islam.
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