Former Trump adviser warns of renewed Chinese interest in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
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Former Trump and Bush adviser Christian Whiton warned on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday of China's renewed interest in Afghanistan now that the Taliban is in control.
"We will see if [Beijing funds the Taliban government], but China's dirty little secret is they really liked us in Afghanistan considering the alternatives," Whiton said. He stated, with the widely reported internment by the Chinese government of Muslim minority Uighurs in Xinjiang Province – which features a minute border with Afghanistan wedged between its longer Tajik and Pakistani boundaries – Beijing has been quietly accepting of American involvement there. "So far, lot of Muslims have not cared too much about [the internment camps]: Persians in Iran and Arabs in the Gulf don't seem too exercised – but if there was a group of Muslims who might be upset by this and might wage violent jihad against China it might be fellow East Turkic-type peoples, potentially trained or transited through Afghanistan," Whiton said.More Related News