China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime | Reuters (www.reuters.com)

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

You ever wonder if there's a way everyone could get paired up in 1 of 2 teams (decadent West, BRICS+) and we could all find a way to...you know, get along?

[-] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Whoa John Lennon, that would require respect and sharing.

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Sticking your economy in crazy seems like a bad idea China.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago

Probably a better idea to invade, spend a trillion dollars occupying it for 20 years and then leave, having accomplished nothing.

[-] LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Worse than nothing. The Taliban gained more territory. The Northern Alliance is mostly gone.

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

They waited while Russia and the US tried to control Afghanistan and lost. I suppose we'll see if china will fare better.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 7 hours ago

They're not trying to invade. Just offering to trade, so the Taliban doesn't have to be afraid about losing control.

[-] dariusj18@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago

In an Islamist government, making a nation, who is openly hostile to their Muslim population, a major trader partner may not play well.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

Nah, theocracies don't give a fuck about hypocrisy.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

It's worked in the Arabian peninsula, why wouldn't it work in Afghanistan?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Soon to be The People's Holsum Brutal Totalitarian Theocracy 😊

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