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Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative

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Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative

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World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

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The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping's huge 'Belt and Road' infrastructure initiative and will send a technical team to China for talks, Afghanistan's acting commerce minister said on Thursday.

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18•9 months ago
They will when the Taliban defaults on their debt to them. Then they discover why you don’t invade Afghanistan.

You get bogged down in tribal wars and spend 20 years worth of time and treasure.
- VegaLyrae
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  Everyone does it eventually
  - @TheBlue22
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    You could say it’s a trail by fire of a superpower.
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  China knows they will default. This is about control.

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