{"id":60928,"date":"2021-08-25T10:23:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T10:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/25\/china-blasts-us-over-afghanistan-pullout-describes-effective-talks-with-taliban\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:48:14","slug":"china-blasts-us-over-afghanistan-pullout-describes-effective-talks-with-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/08\/25\/china-blasts-us-over-afghanistan-pullout-describes-effective-talks-with-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"China blasts US over Afghanistan pullout, describes \u2018effective\u2019 talks with Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 China says it has established an \u201copen and effective communication and consultation with the Afghan Taliban,\u201d following a meeting between representatives of the group and Beijing\u2019s ambassador to Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gave no details about the Tuesday meeting between the deputy head of the Taliban\u2019s political office, Abdul Salam Hanafi and Ambassador Wang Yu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he said China considered Kabul to be an \u201cimportant platform and channel for both sides to discuss important matters of all kinds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China hosted a delegation led by senior Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for talks last month, prior to the group\u2019s lightning sweep to power in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has kept its embassy in the city open and says it has no plans for a wholesale evacuation of its citizens in Afghanistan, while relentlessly criticizing the U.S. over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/08\/24\/so-far-white-house-stands-by-aug-31-end-to-afghanistan-evacuations-despite-growing-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\">the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have always respected Afghanistan\u2019s sovereign independence and territorial integrity, pursued a policy of non-interference in Afghanistan\u2019s internal affairs and adhered to a policy of friendship toward the entire Afghan people,\u201d Wang told reporters at a daily briefing Wednesday in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina respects the Afghan people\u2019s independent decision on their own future and destiny, supports the implementation of the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned principle, and stands ready to continue to develop good-neighborly relations of friendship and cooperation with Afghanistan and play a constructive role in the peace and reconstruction of the 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