the other mike
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If they play it right, it would give them control of Afghanistan's rare earth minerals ......and opium, which they can easily skip through customs here.
The United States has now officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, and President Joe Biden states that one of the main reasons for doing so was to allow the United States to "shore up" and refocus U.S. #military resources on greater threats. #Biden pointed to the "serious competition with China" that the United States is currently engaged in.
However, at the same time as the U.S. withdrawal is happening, the Chinese government is developing deeper diplomatic relations with the Taliban, and some analysts say that China even wanted to get the United States out of Afghanistan.
The United States has now officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, and President Joe Biden states that one of the main reasons for doing so was to allow the United States to "shore up" and refocus U.S. #military resources on greater threats. #Biden pointed to the "serious competition with China" that the United States is currently engaged in.
However, at the same time as the U.S. withdrawal is happening, the Chinese government is developing deeper diplomatic relations with the Taliban, and some analysts say that China even wanted to get the United States out of Afghanistan.