Loading ...China Moves Into Afghanistan As Part Of Its Global Expansion Mission
Authored by Retired Colonel Lawrence Sellin, op-ed via The Daily Caller,
For many, it was a stunning development. China will build a brigade-size military training facility in the strategic Wakhan Corridor, the land bridge between Tajikistan and Pakistan, which is located in Afghanistan’s northeast Badakhshan province and borders China.
Although Beijing denied the claim that hundreds of Chinese soldiers will be deployed to Afghanistan, a source close to the Chinese military stated, “Construction of the base has started, and China will send at least one battalion of troops, along with weapons and equipment, to be stationed there and provide training to their Afghan counterparts.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-31/china-moves-afghanistan-part-its-global-expansion-mission