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Deploying diplomatic skills refined from Doha to Moscow, the Taliban in 2021 has little to do with its 2001 incarnation.
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (center) and other members of the Taliban arrive to attend an international conference in Moscow on March 18, 2021. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AFP
A very important meeting took place in Moscow last week, virtually hush-hush. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, received Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s national security adviser.
There were no substantial leaks.
A bland statement pointed to the obvious:
They “focused on the security situation in Afghanistan during the pullout of Western military contingencies and the escalation of the military-political situation in the northern part of the country.”
Pakistan deputes envoys in China to lure investors
July 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has deputed new counselors in China to promote foreign investment in industrialisation under the second phase of the latter-financed economic projects in the south Asian economy, it was learnt on Saturday.
China has been financing infrastructure development in neighbouring Pakistan since 2013 to connect its western part with the rest of the world. Under its ambitious Belt and Road initiative, works on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects resulted in a network of roads and new power generation.
The next phase under the CPEC framework is cooperation in agriculture and industrial sectors. Despite all efforts, the project is taking a slow start with the Pakistani government stressing its openness to investment from across the word and not just China.
Top CPEC decision making body to meet after one year gap
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The 10th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) the highest decision making forum on the flagship project is scheduled to be held on July 16, said CPEC Authority Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Saturday.
Normally, the JCC meeting is held once a year. The ninth meeting was held in 2019 but the 10th meeting could not be scheduled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bajwa, while announcing the date of the much-awaited meeting, said it would be held via video link. He
China pulls out citizens from Afghanistan as the first step of a long game
China’s decision to pull out 210 nationals from Afghanistan is part of a bigger plan for greater future role in the embattled nation.
| 11 July 2021 12:54 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: China s decision to pull out 210 nationals from Afghanistan is part of a bigger plan for greater future role in the embattled nation.
Chinese state media reported that on Friday, China had sent a special Xiamen Air flight to Kabul, ahead of the rapid withdrawal of US and NATO forces from the country, after a two-decade-long turbulent stay.
While the withdrawal of nationals appears to be part of a security protocol, it does not signal that China is inclined to lower its engagement with Afghanistan a country that has a prized strategic location as it is on the cross-roads of China, South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. On the contrary, on account of its pivotal status, major regional and global powers, including, China, Russi