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China is poised to make an exclusive entry into post-U.S. Afghanistan with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source close to government officials in Afghanistan told The Daily Beast that Kabul authorities are growing more intensively engaged with China on an extension of the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
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If true, it is a good choice to extend CPEC to Afghanistan. China has learnt a lot of lessons there and it could drive economic growth by increasing trade and infrastructure there.

According to another source privy to conversations between Beijing and Kabul, one of the specific projects on the table is the construction of a China-backed major road between Afghanistan and Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, which is already linked with the CPEC route.
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In other words: The Afghan government, behind the scenes, is welcoming China immediately after saying goodbye to America.
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Afghanistan is smart then. The US will drop bombs on them, and China will drop money. Easy choice

a senior officer in Afghanistan’s foreign service had told him that Chinese officials had engaged with foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani about five years ago, to discuss the extension of CPEC and BRI.
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The minister was interested—that is, until an Indian ambassador went on the offensive to push back on the deal. The Indian ambassador to Afghanistan even approached the U.S. ambassador in Kabul to express his concerns, the source said.
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Lol the Afghan gov listened to Indians "delusions" hahaha. Serves them right. It seems they have learnt their lesson this time

“I think China could achieve more success than the U.S. in Afghanistan given its close ties with and enormous leverage over Pakistan,” Sudha Ramachandran, an India-based analyst on South Asian political and security issues, told The Daily Beast
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Well at least this Indian is right. Anyone with half a brain knows that the road to Afghanistan influence passes through Pakistan. So with China having an ally on Pakistan, things will go much easier for it


And the last part shows the stark difference between the US and China on Afghanistan
Peace, though, remains the actual key to China’s master plan for a post-U.S. Afghanistan.
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