With the US withdrawal emboldening the Taliban and casting doubt on the Kabul government’s ability to stay in power, the group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen says it welcomes Chinese investments in reconstruction and would guarantee the safety of investors and workers.
While reading this, I started wondering how Iraq could connect up here, knowing it was on the other side of Iran. Looking at this wiki map, looks like before this Afghanistan stuff, they had a separate road through Pakistan and up through the other *-stans. Maybe with Afghanistan on board, they could make one nice central one through that whole area.
Also, the thought of China improving the material conditions of the Iraqis (and Iranis too) where the US mostly failed would make these combined things doubly hilarious.
While reading this, I started wondering how Iraq could connect up here, knowing it was on the other side of Iran. Looking at this wiki map, looks like before this Afghanistan stuff, they had a separate road through Pakistan and up through the other *-stans. Maybe with Afghanistan on board, they could make one nice central one through that whole area.
Also, the thought of China improving the material conditions of the Iraqis (and Iranis too) where the US mostly failed would make these combined things doubly hilarious.