CHINA WARNS ITS NATIONALS TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN AMID SURGE IN TERRORIST ATTACKS

  • 21/06/2021

China has warned its nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately as the Taliban continues to capture more and more territories ahead of the final drawdown of US and NATO troops."This year, the conflicts in Afghanistan are constant, the terrorist attacks are frequent and the security situation is becoming more severe and complicated," the embassy said in a notice .

Amid the unrelenting violence in the war-torn country, China's embassy in Afghanistan on Saturday had urged its citizens to "be more cautious" and to "urgently depart from  the country through international commercial flights". the US withdrawal from Afghanistan presents an opportunity  for China and Russia to compete for influence in the country .Nearly 20 years ago, China had opposed the US invasion of Afghanistan, but now it opposes an American withdrawal which, Beijing says, could leave the country in even more turmoil.

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