Colin Parkinson
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Good luck with that, very little of China connects with Afghanistan and what does is less than ideal road build terrain. meaning any trade must go through a third country and the distances are not small. Coupled with political instability, a total lack of infrastructure and a lack of skilled people means China must import everything to build the infrastructure so they can extract the resource. We are talking huge investments with decades long timeframes and very little benefit to the locals. Eventually Pakistan will stab China and so will the Taliban, just a matter of when. And if they don't then another Islamic group or tribe will.Oh really? The paving trucks from China are probably already starting to move towards the border to continue the Silk Road construction
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The Afghanistan-China Belt & Road Initiative - Silk Road Briefing
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Potential routes exist along the Wakhan Corridor and via Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, but it is Pakistani access to Kabul that looks the better option – as long as the Taliban can provide stability, develop Afghan society, and refrain from regional aggression...
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