CHINA-AFGHANISTAN: MILITARY AID

 The Afghan Defence Ministry confirmed on March 9, 2016, that during his visit to Kabul in late February 2016, General Fang Fenghui, Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), offered the Afghanistan army expanded military aid to combat the Taliban. Mohammad Radmanish, Deputy Spokesman of the Afghan Defence Minister, said a commission has been assigned to make the wish list, which could include light weapons, aircraft parts and uniforms.

(Comment: China’s total military aid offered to Afghanistan, including the latest portion, amounts to just over US$70 million.  China’s offer of military aid to the Afghan government coincided with a high-level meeting between China’s top envoy to the region and the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, reflecting Beijing’s efforts to maintain close relations with all sides of the conflict.)







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