China Vows to Help Taliban ‘Rebuild’ Afghanistan in Doha Meeting
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with senior Taliban leader
- China’s first high-level talks since Taliban formed government
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China pledged to help the Taliban “rebuild the country” while reiterating calls for the U.S. to lift sanctions against the new leaders of Afghanistan as the economy worsens.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks to a Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar on Monday, during the first high-level meeting between Beijing and the Taliban since it formed an interim government in September. Wang said the international community should work with the Taliban “in a rational and pragmatic manner,” the official Xinhua News Agency reported.