COLLEGE PARK, Maryland: There is a sea change in China’s approach towards global security towards Central Asia.
Within months, the Taliban have nearly tripled their share of controlled districts, claiming to hold about 85 per cent of nationwide territory. Meanwhile, the Afghan security forces – chiefly supported by the US – are struggling to contain violent offensives. China’s security calculations were clear as day. On Wednesday , Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared the East-Turkestan Islamic Movement , an ethnic-Uyghur militant outfit, a “direct threat to China's national security and territorial integrity.”Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban’s chief negotiator.
For Beijing, these realities validate fears of anti-Chinese militancy gaining a toehold in Xinjiang, potentially complicating its efforts to crackdown on violent separatism in the province. That is a scenario unacceptable to China, having scrambled to enlist the Taliban’s support against cross-border spillovers.
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