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China in talks with Taliban on extension of CPEC to Afghanistan

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New Delhi: Amid the recent developments in Afghanistan, China is aiming to establish its first diplomatic contact with the Taliban in order to push forward its ambitious project --the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - to Kabul.

Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, met Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, in Kabul and had unimpeded and effective communication and consultation, sources said.

Talking about the meeting in a media briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said: "China respects the Afghan people's independent decision on their own future and destiny, and supports the implementation of the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned principle."

He also said that China will develop good, neighbourly relations of friendship and cooperation with Afghanistan and play a constructive role in the peace and reconstruction of the country.

India is keeping a close watch on the developments in the war-torn nation keeping in view of the swift changes in the security challenges in Afghanistan and the new diplomatic alignments,

Sources said that in a bid to push the CPEC, China is exploring opportunities to exploit Pakistan to enter the war-torn country.

Reports said that the Chinese are in talks with the Taliban and has again proposed the construction of the Peshawar-Kabul road. Chinese proposal for the construction of the Peshawar-Kabul motorway was anticipated by the Indian security establishment even before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria had said last year that Pakistan is becoming a pawn in the Chinese policy and could use the country to enter Afghanistan after the exit of US forces. Bhadauria had said that US exit from Afghanistan will open options for China in the region, both direct and through Pakistan, allowing it entry into Central Asia, a region it has been eyeing for a long.

The CPEC, one of the most ambitious components of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, was announced to great fanfare in 2015. Since then, it has consistently been held as a "gamechanger" for Pakistan's economy. But the road to completion has proved long and winding.

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