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Amid rapidly growing Sino- Pakistan relations and Pakistan’s belligerent moves to derail Afghanistan initiatives to warm up to India, the recent busting of a robust Chinese spy syndicate in Kabul raises many questions.
Yes they were arrested: Afghanistan’s first confirmation on arresting Chinese nationals for espionage India Updated: Friday, January 8, 2021, 17:32 [IST] New Delhi, Jan 08: Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security which had busted a Chinese spy ring last month has for the first time confirmed that the security agency detained a Chinese national for espionage. Wolesi Jirga, the Afghan House of Representatives demanded answers from Ahmad Zia Saraj, the chief of the national Directorate of Security. Saraj confirmed that a group of Chinese nationals had been arrested on charges of espiona...
(Last Updated On: December 31, 2020) The Trump administration is reportedly declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, that claims China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack US forces, two senior administration officials tell Axios. The Chinese embassy in Washington DC did not respond to a request for comment by Axios and according to the report outgoing President Donald Trump is not believed to have discussed the matter with China’s President Xi Jinping. It was not immediately clear whether any members of Congress or President-elect Joe Biden have b...
(Last Updated On: December 31, 2020) The Office of the President has confirmed one of its staff vehicles was targeted in an early morning IED explosion in Kabul city, leaving one employee dead and another wounded. According to Fazel Fazly, the Director General for the Administrative Office of the President of Afghanistan, the Toyota Corolla targeted in Thursday’s explosion had belonged to the office and their staff members had been targeted. He said: “Two of our employees, Jawid Wali, deputy director of the advisory affairs department, and their driver, Haji Bahramuddin,...
According to the Hindustan Times’ sources, “the crackdown has come as a huge embarrassment for Beijing, which has been trying to persuade the Ashraf Ghani government to hush up the case.” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly selected First Vice President Amrullah Saleh to meet with Chinese officials and oversee the case, possibly with an eye toward pardoning the ten accused spies if Beijing “submits a formal apology that admits to the violation of international norms and a betrayal of Kabul’s trust.” The report said the ten Chinese nationals were working with the Haqqani Netw...