China Quietly Expanding Influence In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

China has played down the formality of growing links with Afghanistan, but it is steadily increasing investment and exposure (Credit: AFP)

While most of the world treats Afghanistan's Taliban government as a pariah, China is growing diplomatic and economic links -- and Kabul is happy for the attention.

Top-level meetings between officials, new mineral deals, and the upgrading of transport routes between the two countries are regularly championed by Taliban government officials.