Communist China has made no great secret of its lust for Afghanistan’s natural resources, or its belief that the Taliban conquest will bring a gruesome stability to that fractious and tribal nation.
India has provided the latest setback for the “China Pakistan Economic Corridor” (CPEC) by blocking the venture’s planned projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Times of India (TOI) reported on Monday.
Contents: Iran gives operational control of its Chabahar seaport to India; Comparing Iran’s Chabahar seaport vs Pakistan’s Gwadar seaport
Contents: US-Pakistan relations continue as before, despite US aid cutoff; US requests Pakistan’s permission to ship Afghan supplies through Gwadar seaport
Contents: China alarmed by consequences of its CPEC investment in Pakistan — terrorism and corruption; China halts CPEC funds over concerns about corruption in Pakistan; Pakistan alarmed about a Chinese ‘debt trap’
Contents: India begins shipping wheat to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port; In retaliation, Afghanistan bans entry of Pakistan trucks; Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) – conduit of smuggling
Contents: Two Chinese citizens in Pakistan executed ten days after being abducted; Execution of Chinese citizens blamed on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ); Concerns grow about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Contents: China forum launches the decades-long ‘One Belt One Road’ project; Laborers on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) shot dead on Saturday
Contents: Massive China-Pakistan CPEC energy project said to end energy crisis ‘soon’; Skeptics claim that CPEC will only benefit China, not Pakistan; Pakistan will use dark financing to cover the cost of protecting Chinese workers
Contents: Pakistan reels after 60 young police cadets killed in terror attack in Balochistan; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) may be getting revenge for police attack on leader
