Why did China include cash-strapped and ‘unfriendly’ Afghanistan in CPEC?

Updated: May 10, 2023, 05:26 PM IST
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Afghanistan’s neighboring country with China on the eastern side… MoreChina agreed to strengthen ties with Afghanistan’s neighboring East Pakistan by extending the Beijing-backed CPEC or China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan. Desperate for friends, money, trade and technology, Afghanistan didn’t have much choice.