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• Visit came after Beijing’s invitation, says Taliban spokesman
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BEIJING: A top-level Taliban delegation visiting China on Wednesday assured Beijing the group would not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base for plotting against another country.
The delegation is in China for talks with Beijing officials, as the insurgents continue a sweeping offensive across Afghanistan including in areas along their shared border.
Their frontier is just 76 kilometres long and at a rugged high altitude without a road crossing but Beijing fears Afghanistan could be used as a staging ground for Uyghur separatists in Xinjiang.
Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban takes control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, as a top-level delegation from the armed group visits China to assure officials of their international obligations.
“An Afghanistan that does not respect the rights of its people, an Afghanistan that commits atrocities against its own people would become a pariah state,” Blinken told reporters in India on Wednesday during his first official visit.
In China, the Taliban’s leadership assured Beijing the group will not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base for plotting against another country.
A delegation including co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is in China for talks as the group continues a sweeping offensive across Afghanistan, including areas along their shared border.
The Taliban is making military gains across the country.
Taliban leaders assured China that the country would not host groups plotting against other countries.
Afghanistan would become a pariah state if the Taliban takes control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, as a top-level delegation from the armed group visits China to assure officials of their international obligations. An Afghanistan that does not respect the rights of its people, an Afghanistan that commits atrocities against its own people would become a pariah state, Blinken told reporters in India on Wednesday during his first official visit.
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In China, the Taliban s leadership assured Beijing the group will not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base for plotting against another country.
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