News Snapshot:
China and Pakistan expect the Taliban to fulfill their promises to crack down on foreign extremist groups in Afghanistan, but experts say these groups have already been “energized” by the Taliban takeover, posing new challenges to Pakistani and Chinese interests. At the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Conference summit last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan both called on the international community to engage with the Taliban and Taliban to keep their promises of suppress terrorist groups. The Taliban have said they will not allow any group to use Afghan soil against any country, without giving details....
