China has vastly increased economic engagement with Afghanistan as it eyes a new node in the Belt and Road Initiative. Pakistan has long been concerned about dams on transboundary rivers in ...

The specter of insecurity in Afghanistan has been replaced by a lack of governance and widespread incompetence. Investors from China or any other country can be expected to be deeply wary.

China, which shares a narrow border with Afghanistan, says the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, has been behind violent attacks in the past. It's not clear what sort of presence the group ...

China has expressed hope that Afghan interim government will take concrete steps to gain trust of the international community and create enabling conditions to grow friendly ties with its neighbors.