China starts building a military base in Afghanistan - media

30 August 2018, 01:36 | Peace
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On the base in the Vakhan corridor - a hard-to-reach region in the east of Afghanistan - the training base should be located.

China began to build a military training base in Afghanistan. It is reported by South China Morning Post.

On the basis of training Afghan troops for counter-terrorism operations.

Details of the project and agreements between the two countries are unknown. The Chinese army will send at least one battalion to Afghanistan - more than 500 military.



The base is built on a section called the Vakhan corridor - it is a narrow and inaccessible strip of land in East Afghanistan. For the first time, Chinese troops will be present in Afghanistan in the history of countries.

In Afghanistan, there has been a 17-year war between the government and the Taliban.

On June 9, the Afghan Taliban for the first time in a long time unexpectedly announced a three-day ceasefire in connection with Eid al-Fitr, a holiday on the occasion of the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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