One wonders what backdoor deals were made with China, from the US cabal.. ???

If China 'helps' Afghans like they 'helped' Africans, they will build cheap roads-hospitals-schools, promise much and deliver little..

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China’s Pragmatism in Foreign Affairs

Unlike American policymakers, who appeared to be caught off guard, Beijing was by no means surprised by the Taliban’s swift takeover, says Thomas W. Pauken II, a Beijing-based Asia-Pacific Affairs commentator and author of US vs. China: From Trade War to Reciprocal Deal. In fact, the Chinese had considered it a foregone conclusion around the same time in early July when US President Joe Biden held a press conference claiming the Taliban could not defeat the current Afghan forces, which were expected to defend the nation, the commentator remarks.

“The Chinese government understood the Taliban was preparing to exploit the chaos and disorganisation of Biden’s US troops withdrawal to seize the country in a vacuum,” notes Pauken. “Widespread corruption was endemic in the Afghan government, while the massive development of opium poppy fields in the country had lured international criminal gangs and drug dealers to enter the country. Rampant corruption cannot be sustainable, since ordinary citizens become the biggest losers.”

Under these circumstances it is hardly surprising that the Taliban had won over many rural villagers as they were perceived as brutal but fair, according to the Asia Pacific observer.