Liberal Senator Eric Abetz says one of the reasons China is open to relations with the Taliban is for the “vastly unexploited” resources in Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan is surprisingly very rich in resource; be it oil, gas , copper, lithium, thorium – the list goes on – largely unexploited,” Mr Abetz said.
“And therefore I daresay China sees this as potential opportunity to exploit those resources and give the Taliban some money especially in circumstances when the International Monetary Fund has now cut off funding for Afghanistan given the change in regime.”
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