Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly pressed the leaders of Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban group Wednesday to “make a clean break” from all terrorists, including the anti-China East Turkistan Islamic Movement, or ETIM, during a meeting he hosted.
Officials from both sides said Taliban deputy political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who heads the group’s office in Qatar, led his nine-member delegation at the talks in the northern city of Tianjin.
The meeting, some analysts said, underscores Beijing’s warming ties with the Islamist insurgent group and the Taliban’s growing clout on the global stage. Read More…
