Unsure China seeks US help to 'guide' Taliban in Afghanistan

New Delhi, Aug 31: China, which has praised the Afghan Taliban for being “more clear-headed and rational than it was in power last time”, suddenly finds itself on shaky ground. A more circumspect Beijing is now urging “all parties”, including the United States, to “make contact” with the new regime in Kabul and also “guide it actively”.China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken — held “at the latter's request” according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry — on Sunday exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and also the…