China may withdraw from Afghanistan after the attack on Kabul

Riyadh: China has been severely shocked by the terrorist attack on a hotel in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Besides, China ordered its citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately after this attack. A leading newspaper in the Gulf has claimed that this will lead China to rethink its relationship with the Taliban and withdraw, partially abandoning its investment in Afghanistan.

On December 12, IS-Khorasan terrorists attacked a guest house in Kabul. There were reports that five Chinese citizens were seriously injured in this. Moreover, Claims were published on social media that some Chinese citizens were killed in this attack. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, said it was a heinous attack, shocking China deeply.

Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China had urged its citizens in Afghanistan to leave all projects and work incomplete and return to their homeland the next day. China had demanded that the Taliban regime facilitate the safe return of Chinese citizens. A Gulf newspaper Al Arabiya Post said that China has indicated that it was withdrawing from Afghanistan through this intimation.

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last year, China prioritized establishing cooperation with the Taliban. China has provided Afghanistan with billions of dollars in aid over the past year. Simultaneously, China has been trying to complete the Wakhan Corridor. But even after a year passed, resentment in China grew as the work of the Wakhan Corridor has not progressed. In such a scenario, the terrorist organization IS-Khorasan targeted China’s interests in Afghanistan last week. Because of this, analysts claimed that 80% of China’s investment, which has been withdrawn from Afghanistan, will not return to this country.

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