{"id":15930,"date":"2026-03-11T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15930"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:38:13","slug":"growing-chinese-distrust-of-the-taliban-beijing-turns-to-security-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/growing-chinese-distrust-of-the-taliban-beijing-turns-to-security-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Chinese Distrust of the Taliban; Beijing Turns to Security Options."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Growing Chinese Distrust of the Taliban; Beijing Turns to Security Options.<\/strong><\/p>\n

China\u2019s distrust of the Taliban has increased following an attack on a restaurant belonging to Chinese nationals in Kabul.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the same time, China\u2019s representative to the United Nations has expressed concern about the activities of terrorist groups inside Afghanistan, a position that suggests Beijing has serious doubts about the Taliban\u2019s ability to control security threats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart that China \u201cfirmly\u201d supports Pakistan\u2019s fight against terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also stated that China\u2019s special envoy for Afghanistan is in contact with officials from the Taliban and Pakistan in an effort to facilitate dialogue and reduce tensions, a move observers say reflects growing security concerns in Beijing regarding Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In another development, an Uzbek media outlet reported that Tajikistan\u2019s parliament has approved an agreement under which China will finance the construction of nine new border complexes for Tajik border forces along the frontier with Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project is estimated to cost more than 424 million Chinese yuan, equivalent to about 63.7 million U.S. dollars, and will be funded through a grant from China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analysts say the move reflects Beijing\u2019s effort to strengthen a security belt around Afghanistan and is a response to China\u2019s growing distrust of the Taliban.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growing Chinese Distrust of the Taliban; Beijing Turns to Security Options. China\u2019s distrust of the Taliban has increased following an attack on a restaurant belonging to Chinese nationals in Kabul. At the same time, China\u2019s representative to the United Nations has expressed concern about the activities of terrorist groups inside Afghanistan, a position that suggests […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15938,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15930\/revisions\/15938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}