China Promises To Keep Embassy In Afghanistan – Says Taliban

• The Spokesman of the Taliban says China gave the assurance on increased aid and keeping the embassy in the country.

EkohotBlog reports that a Taliban spokesman announced on Friday that China has promised to keep its embassy in Afghanistan open and to increase humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country following the group’s victory.

A top member of the extremist group’s political office in Doha, Qatar; Abdul Salam Hanafi said they “held a phone conversation with Wu Jianghao, Deputy Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China,” spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted.

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He revealed that “The Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister said that they would maintain their embassy in Kabul, adding our relations would beef up as compared to the past… China will also continue and increase its humanitarian assistance especially for the treatment of covid-19.”