{"id":28706,"date":"2021-09-09T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=28706"},"modified":"2021-09-09T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:27:09","slug":"china-to-provide-afghanistan-with-31-million-worth-of-food-and-covid-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=28706","title":{"rendered":"China to provide Afghanistan with $31 million worth of food and Covid vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China will provide almost $31 million worth of food, winter weather supplies, vaccines, and medicine to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hua Chunyin, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the decision was announced during the first meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan\u2019s neighboring countries and would be \u201cfor emergency use to the Afghan people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also announced that China will donate 3 million vaccine doses to Afghanistan in the first batch, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not clear when the vaccines are scheduled to be delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese leaders have repeatedly said that China would share its coronavirus vaccines with the world, especially with lower income countries, and officials had previously promised Afghanistan would be among several in line for priority access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the foreign minister\u2019s meeting in Beijing via video link, Wang also said the United States and its allies were more obligated than any other country to provide economic and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent Taliban takeover, Wang said the US should \u201cassume their responsibilities\u201d in the country by helping ensure its development and stability while \u201crespecting the sovereignty and independence of Afghanistan,\u201d Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the formation of a hardline interim government for Afghanistan, filling top posts with veterans of the Islamist militant group who oversaw the 20-year fight against the US-led military coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang called on the Taliban to crack down on terrorism and unite with ethnic groups in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Afghanistan\u2019s regional neighbors, which include Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, should coordinate and cooperate with them to \u201cbuild a broad and inclusive political structure, pursue moderate and prudent domestic and foreign policies, draw a clear line with terrorist forces,\u201d according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>China woos Taliban<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>China shares a 50-mile (80 kilometer) border with China\u2019s western region of Xinjiang at the end of the narrow Wakhan Corridor and has a substantial investment in the wider region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a high-profile meeting between Taliban leaders and the Chinese foreign minister in Tianjin in July, Wang called the Taliban \u201can important military and political force in Afghanistan\u201d and declared that they would play \u201can important role in the country\u2019s peace, reconciliation and reconstruction process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In return, the Taliban called China a \u201cgood friend\u201d and pledged to \u201cnever allow any forces to use the Afghan territory to engage in acts detrimental to China,\u201d according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, a Taliban spokesperson called for closer relations with Beijing in an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChina is a very important and strong country in our neighborhood, and we have had very positive and good relations with China in the past,\u201d Zabihullah Mujahid said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to make these relations even stronger and want to improve the mutual trust level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China, however, has also benefited from the relative stability brought by the US over the past two decades. The nation is also particularly concerned that Afghanistan would become a base for terrorists and extremists fighting for the independence for the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang \u2014 a priority issue Wang raised with Taliban leaders during their July meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/09\/asia\/china-vaccines-aid-afghanistan-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China will provide almost $31 million worth of food, winter weather supplies, vaccines, and medicine to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. 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