![]() "The Taliban see China as a source of international legitimacy, a potential economic supporter and a means of influence over Pakistan, a Chinese ally that has aided the group," according to The Wall Street Journal. as any kind of leverage over them," Miller says. or others to use the threat of becoming a pariah state again. would not recognize a Taliban government that comes to power through force.įor the Taliban then, courting other countries is "a way of blunting the ability of the U.S. Laurel Miller, the program director for Asia at the International Crisis Group, tells NPR that the Taliban are "on a campaign to secure legitimacy in the eyes of the regional countries and probably countries in the Persian Gulf."Įarlier this past week, U.S. And Beijing was already reportedly preparing to formally recognize the Taliban before the group seized control of the country. TroopsĬhina has reportedly promised big investments in energy and infrastructure projects, including the building of a road network in Afghanistan and is also eyeing the country's vast, untapped rare-earth mineral deposits. Will Relocate Thousands of Afghan Citizens Who Worked With U.S. While in recent months, several experts have weighed in, suggesting that such a concern about terrorists is overwrought, there's no guarantee that Afghanistan wouldn't once again become a safe haven for terrorists - either those intent on doing harm to the U.S. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was the Taliban refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden - considered by Washington to be an international fugitive. The casus belli for the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan following the Sept. A Taliban regime could again become a safe haven for extremists assassinated for the last year," he says. are suddenly finding themselves the subject of Taliban reprisals. Bush's administration, told NPR's Morning Edition on Friday that "thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of Afghans" who believed in the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan during President George W. ![]() They have been blowing up hospitals and infrastructure," he warns. So far, in the areas of the country where they have regained control, the Taliban "have been executing people summarily, they have been lashing women, they have been shutting down schools. ![]() There's no reason to think that a new Taliban regime won't be another humanitarian eyesore, Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., tells NPR. World A Quarter-Million People Have Fled Their Homes As Violence In Afghanistan Escalates ![]()
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