'Brotherly Neighbours' China, Afghanistan Pin Pakistan Down on CPEC, Border Issues

Pakistan faced criticism from both Taliban-led Afghanistan and China during the recently concluded China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue held in Islamabad. Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and Taliban-led government appointed acting foreign minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan's acting foreign minister, who is under a travel ban by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), was granted an exemption to travel to Islamabad, where he met with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang. Qin and Muttaqi also met Pakistan chief of army staff General Asim Munit where they discussed issues of…