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Title: RISE OF TALIBAN AND GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS OF CHINA IN AFGHANISTAN
Authors: D. K. Shahi
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D. K. Shahi Associate Professor, DAV PG College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
MLA 8 Shahi, D. K. "RISE OF TALIBAN AND GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS OF CHINA IN AFGHANISTAN." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 6, June 2022, pp. 1537-1546, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.006. Accessed June 2022. APA 6 Shahi, D. (2022, June). RISE OF TALIBAN AND GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS OF CHINA IN AFGHANISTAN. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(6), 1537-1546. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.006 Chicago Shahi, D. K. "RISE OF TALIBAN AND GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS OF CHINA IN AFGHANISTAN." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 6 (June 2022), 1537-1546. Accessed June, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.006.
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ABSTRACT: The year 2021 has seen some dramatic events taking place in Afghanistan. Since the beginning of the year, the US began leaving Afghanistan. After July 01, US forces began massive evacuations from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. At the same time, Taliban fighters enter in to Kabul. In continuation of these events, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. With this, the interim government of Afghanistan collapsed. Soon after that Taliban became the ‘New Government’ of Afghanistan. Now it controls a large part of the country. Although the evolving situation unnerved the international community, it was a moment of great geopolitical change. It opened greater space for the expansion of Chinese influence in Afghanistan. As Taliban seized Kabul, China poised to make ‘big gains’ in Afghanistan. If successful it may achieve a position of international supremacy. With the rise of Taliban, China has offered a greater cooperation with the ‘New Government’ of Afghanistan. There are well-established geoeconomic and geostrategic reasons for it. This research explains the different dimensions of Chinese geopolitics. It also explains the geoeconomic and geostrategic interests of China. The research critically evaluates the geopolitical calculations of China and its potential options in Afghanistan.

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