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Reading China's approach to counterterrorism


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The recent detention of alleged Chinese spies in Afghanistan, who were reportedly in contact with the Taliban-aligned Haqqani Network, gave a rare glimpse of Beijing’s counterterror operations and policies. Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the country’s far north Badakhshan Province a narrow strip of land that meets around Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China has long been Beijing’s area of interest with regard to its attempts to control the Uyghur population and the insurgencies that emit from it. For this, China has previously reported thinking of setting up a military base in Afghanistan, already having a base just 12 kilometres from Wakhan in Tajikistan and a strong outreach to the Taliban, both officially and unofficially. ....

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Between a Republic and an Emirate: The Future of Afghanistan


ORF Special Report No. 125, December 2020, Observer Research Foundation.
 
 
This special report was written before the 2020 United States presidential elections. Under the incoming Biden administration, the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is likely to be more gradual and “responsible”, despite the President-elect being in favour of American troops exiting the war-weary country soon. In retrospect, Donald Trump’s insistence on pulling out all US troops from Afghanistan by Christmas 2020 was not misguided, since there is little that such military presence can achieve at this stage of the war. The situation is sealed by some neighbouring nations acting as spoilers in the peace process, impeding American efforts to help bring stability to Afghanistan. ....

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