China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its Opportunity for Afghanistan

• 作者: Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi Sadia Sulaiman
• 来源期刊: 中国国际问题研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 页码范围: 152-168
• 页数: 17页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

From the Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan's present security situation, China has been instrumental in having cordial and close relations with regional countries. During the Cold War, China never supported the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union and even condemned the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Also, China has never sought direct engagement with Afghan Mujahedeen; instead, it prefers an indirect approach either through Pakistan or the US for peace in Afghanistan. China’s policy of non-interference in Afghanistan’s foreign policy continued till the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. China has been cautious about its participation in the Afghan peace process, and always puts peace as the topmost priority. An explanation for such a cautious approach with Afghanistan may be the existence of a terrorist network between ISIS in Khurasan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, the Haqqani Network, al-Qaeda, and ISIS, which secretly supports Islamic militancy in the Uighur population.