China along with Pakistan and Russia maintained its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 following the withdrawal of American troops from the war-ravaged country.
  • febra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I mean, it’s the truth. The taliban are the ones in charge of Afghanistan, no matter how much wishful thinking we’re doing on our side.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    China is going to play them like a fiddle, they’ll basically own that country within 20 years. The Taliban in no way is sophisticated enough to deal with this.

    • febra@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I mean, it’s either us or the chinese, so I highly suspect they care much, as if they even have much of a choice. And we’re clearly not getting the contract after the last two decades of presence we’ve had there.