Russian news agency Ferghana News, which focuses on Central Asia, has reported that China will build the base in northern Afghanistan. China likely to build military base in Pakistan: USSpeaking at a regular news briefing, ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said that the two countries had normal security cooperation and that China like other countries was supporting Afghanistan in defence and counter-terrorism. “The so-called issue that China is building a military base in Afghanistan is groundless,” Wu said. China opened its first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country Djibouti, last year. China has previously denied having plans for other overseas bases, but the United States expects China to build more, with Pakistan a likely location.

Source: The Express Tribune January 25, 2018 12:11 UTC