China has offered to help the Taliban rebuild Afghanistan in exchange for their co-operation in eliminating terrorist groups it says are stoking unrest among its Muslim Uighur population, The Times reported on Tuesday.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister, met Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, for talks in Doha.
Wang pledged that China would help to “rebuild the country”, and called for US President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against Afghanistan and unfreeze $9 billion in Afghan central bank reserves.
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