Taliban chief meets Chinese FM; assures to not enable terrorist forces to function from Afghanistan

A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday made a shock go to to China and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, throughout which the Taliban chief termed Beijing as a “trustworthy friend” and guaranteed that the group won’t allow “anyone to use” Afghanistan’s territory.
This is the primary assembly between China and the Taliban amid the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.

The ongoing offensive by the Taliban capturing a major quantity of territory from authorities forces has sparked issues in China that the separatist Uygur militant group from its unstable Xinjiang province, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM) would infiltrate by means of its Afghan borders.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has confirmed at a media briefing that the delegation led by Baradar met Mr. Wang on the port metropolis Tianjin positioned near Beijing.

The Ministry additionally posted images of Mr. Wang with Baradar and his delegation.
The Taliban delegation’s go to adopted days after Pakistan and China introduced plans to launch ‘joint actions’ in Afghanistan to drive out terrorist forces in the course of the talks between Mr. Wang and Pakistan Foreign Minister, Mr. Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the Chinese metropolis of Chengdu on July 25.
During Wednesday’s talks, Mr. Wang expressed hope that the Taliban can draw a transparent line between themselves and the ETIM, Mr. Zhao mentioned studying out a press launch issued after the Wang-Baradar assembly.
A current UN report mentioned a whole lot of ETIM fighters have gathered in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province which borders China’s unstable Xinjiang province.
Mr. Wang mentioned that ETIM is a listed terrorist organisation that threatens territorial integrity. Fighting ETIM is a typical reason for the worldwide group.
He expressed hope that Taliban can draw a transparent line between themselves and ETIM. That would create a beneficial situation to eradicating terrorism.
Mr. Baradar mentioned “China is a trustworthy friend”.
“He appreciated China’s fair and positive role in the reconciliation process,” the press launch mentioned.

“Afghanistan will not allow anyone to use the territory to do things that would undermine the interests of its people”, Mr. Baradar mentioned with out mentioning ETIM.
“Afghanistan would like to have friendly ties with its neighbours. Afghanistan Taliban would like to have more partners in its future development,” Mr. Baradar mentioned.
“The Afghan Taliban would also create an enabling environment for incoming investment and would make relevant efforts in this regard,” he mentioned.
“Afghanistan has the sincerity in reaching reconciliation and would like to build an architecture that is acceptable to all factions,” he mentioned.
“It (Taliban) will ensure the rights of women and children,” he mentioned.
Mr. Wang mentioned, “We respect the sovereignty and integrity of Afghanistan. We don’t interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. We follow friendly policy towards the people of Afghanistan,” he mentioned.
After the hasty withdrawal by the U.S. troops and different NATO allies, the Afghan individuals are confronted with new alternatives of resting the event of their very own nation in their very own palms, he advised Mr. Baradar.
Terming Afghanistan as an vital army energy, Mr. Wang mentioned China is able to play a constructive position within the peace and reconciliation strategy of Afghanistan.
“We hope relevant sides can go ahead with peace talks, follow an inclusive policy, relevant factions groups in Afghanistan should implement the principle of Afghan-owned and Afghan-led approach and strive for substantive outcomes at an early date and build a political architecture suited to its own national conditions,” he mentioned.
The Taliban-China assembly befell after final week’s talks between Mr. Wang and Mr. Qureshi at Chengdu.
In a press launch issued after the talks in Mr. Chengdu, Mr. Wang mentioned, “after in-depth communication, we decided to launch joint actions,” which included making “every effort to pursue peace, give top priority to avoiding the spread of war, and prevent Afghanistan from spiralling into a full-scale civil war.” “We will work together to combat terrorism and push all major forces in Afghanistan to draw a clear line against terrorism, firmly combat the ETIM and other terrorist forces, and resolutely stop Afghanistan from becoming a hotbed of terrorism,” Mr. Wang mentioned.
China and Pakistan will actively promote peace by means of talks, advance efficient intra-Afghan talks, and take substantive steps in direction of political reconciliation and constructing a broad-based and inclusive political framework, he mentioned.