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Eugene

(61,965 posts)
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 03:34 AM Sep 2021

China offers $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan

Source: BBC

China offers $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan

9 September 2021

China has pledged 200 million yuan ($31m, £22m) worth of aid to Afghanistan, including food supplies and coronavirus vaccines.

The aid comes as Beijing said it was ready to maintain communication with the Taliban government.

It added that the establishment of the new interim government was a "necessary step to restore order" in Afghanistan.

The Taliban's interim cabinet was announced last week, with the country declared an "Islamic Emirate".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58496867
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China offers $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2021 OP
I doubt China is doing anything but buying favor. They may learn there's no honor among thieves PortTack Sep 2021 #1
Good 4Q2u2 Sep 2021 #2
And so it begins. A new regional alliance. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #3

PortTack

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1. I doubt China is doing anything but buying favor. They may learn there's no honor among thieves
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 04:01 AM
Sep 2021

If they had any remote thought of helping the ppl. Again, it’s China, they have their own labor camps

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