The Taliban has agreed to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The BRI is a program where China extends loans to impoverished countries to create various infrastructure projects.
If the loans are unable to be paid back, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) takes control of the project, creating a foothold in the country and damaging its sovereignty.
Reporting from Breitbart:
Officially, China claims the objective of the BRI is to reconstruct the Ancient Silk Road, a trade route connecting China to Europe. Beijing has stated its intent to create a modern route connecting the Chinese capital to Western Europe, despite the prevalence of BRI projects in regions far from the original Silk Road in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. ... “The contracts have been signed for the extraction of mines, in areas of providing services at the airports, and the formation of industrial parks,” Ministry spokesman Akhundazada Abdul Salam Jawad said this weekend, according to Afghanistan’s Tolo News network. “Practical work has begun and total investment is reaching $2 billion. There will be contracts for the modernization of customs offices and other areas with foreign companies.”
