Authorities in Kabul are considering extending a $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He also hailed the US withdrawal from Bagram airfield last week, once America's main fortress in Afghanistan, as an 'historic moment.' AdvertisementOne project being discussed is the building of a major road between Afghanistan and the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the Bagram Air Base gate, just north of the capital Kabul, Afghanistan. Beijing has supposedly already offered infrastructure and energy projects worth billions of dollars to the Taliban in return for peace in Afghanistan.

Source: Daily Mail July 05, 2021 00:42 UTC