{"id":17383,"date":"2026-03-16T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/from-belt-and-road-to-ceasefire-talks-china-steps-in-to-calm-pakistan-afghanistan-border-brawl\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:25:28","slug":"from-belt-and-road-to-ceasefire-talks-china-steps-in-to-calm-pakistan-afghanistan-border-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/from-belt-and-road-to-ceasefire-talks-china-steps-in-to-calm-pakistan-afghanistan-border-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"From Belt and Road to ceasefire talks: China steps in to calm Pakistan-Afghanistan border brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIJING, March 16 — China said on Monday its special envoy had spent a week mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan and had urged an immediate ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes flared.<\/p>\n

South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan have had a strained relationship for months, after dozens of people were killed in fighting in October last year.<\/p>\n

Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of harbouring militants from the Pakistani Taliban, who have claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks in Pakistan, as well as from the local offshoot of the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n

The Afghan Taliban authorities deny the charge.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is one of China’s closest partners in the region, but Beijing also calls itself a “friendly neighbour” of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“China has consistently mediated the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan through its own channels,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular news briefing.<\/p>\n

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Beijing’s foreign ministry also said on Monday it had sent its special envoy for Afghan affairs to both countries to mediate the conflict.<\/p>\n

A separate foreign ministry statement published on Monday said special envoy Yue Xiaoyong had visited the two countries between March 7 and 14.<\/p>\n

In Afghanistan, Yue met Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi as well as the minister of commerce and industry.<\/p>\n

Yue also held meetings with high-level officials in Pakistan, including Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch.<\/p>\n

“He urged both sides to maintain calm and restraint, to implement an immediate ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, and to resolve their contradictions and differences through dialogue,” the ministry’s statement said.<\/p>\n

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi also held a call with Muttaqi on Friday, during which he promised to continue “making active efforts” to reconcile Afghanistan and Pakistan and ease tensions.<\/p>\n

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“The use of force will only complicate the situation… and threaten regional peace and stability,” Wang told Muttaqi, according to a readout released late on Friday.<\/p>\n

The conflict has flared since February 26, when Afghanistan launched a border offensive in retaliation for earlier Pakistani air strikes.<\/p>\n

Pakistan then declared “open war” against the Taliban authorities, bombing the capital Kabul the next day.<\/p>\n

China has poured tens of billions of dollars into Pakistan to fund massive transport, energy and infrastructure projects as part of Beijing’s transnational Belt and Road scheme.<\/p>\n

Islamabad used Chinese-made military hardware, including jets, against India during a short conflict last May.<\/p>\n

However, analysts say Beijing has also become a crucial partner of the Taliban authorities since they swept back to power in Kabul in 2021 after ousting the foreign-backed government. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BEIJING, March 16 — China said on Monday its special envoy had spent a week mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan and had urged an immediate ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes flared. South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan have had a strained relationship for months, after dozens of people were killed in fighting in October last…<\/p>\n

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