China's expanding security role in Afghanistan

As featured in Reuters


China's Foreign Policy

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For Beijing, a stable and secure Afghanistan is both key to domestic security as well as its growing investments in Pakistan. And it is not always clear that Beijing finds operating in Pakistan easy. There have been stories of lawsuits, a local population who feel they are not being included in the process as well as human casualties as CPEC tries to bring development to Pakistan's more isolated regions. China is discovering building CPEC is not a smooth ride.