Chinese military base in Afghanistan motivated by BRI expansion

[BRAVO_]

You can google the official news from China about that.

my friend china has its own versions and rest of the world could have their own ... it is just a news for some it is right for others it is wrong ... only time will decide the factuality

 

[LKJ86]

my friend china has its own versions and rest of the world could have their own ... it is just a news for some it is right for others it is wrong ... only time will decide the factuality

China not building military base in Afghanistan: defense, foreign ministries
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1117727.shtml

 

[LeGenD]

Afghanistan can be conquered but it is one of the most difficult places to govern due to intra-Afghan rivalry, resistance and unforgiving terrain.

Secondly, Afghanistan have its history of producing very powerful warriors/conquerors in history.

Therefore, Afghanistan being under the map of an ancient empire doesn't tell you much.

Food for thought:-

https://www.military-history.org/articles/afghanistan-graveyard-of-armies.htm

https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/why-is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires/

 

[Cybernetics]

A foreign military base in Afghanistan? Are they looking for trouble? The Afghans have a way of bringing empires to thier knees. The Chinese should know better.

Tang dynasty had military garrisons in Afghanistan for 131 years from 659-790 under the Western Protectorates. Kabul, Balkh, and Herat were protectorates of the Tang dynasty. Internal conflict erupted from 755 AD–763 AD that killed 20 million and Tang dynasty had to withdraw 200,000 troops from the Western Protectorate to the capital. In 764 Tibetian empire captured the Hexi Corridor that is vital to the silk road, effectively cutting off the remaining Tang troops in Afghanistan. After some years in 790 the Tibetan Empire expanded and defeated the Tang troops stationed in Afghanistan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectorate_General_to_Pacify_the_West

Hexi corridor is the thin neck sandwiched between the Gobi desert and Tibetan Plateau.

Historically China hasn't experienced a crushing defeat by the Afghans as analogy would suggest. Relations weren't hostile. When Chinese troops were there, trade was protected and facilitated, the locals were relatively well off because of it. Chinese troops didn't go there to conquer Afghans for conquering sake, it was to protect trade routes that everyone depended on. Afghanistan slid into chaos overtime as China became closed off from the rest of the world at least in terms of the land route since they depended heavily upon the land silk road trade. Without the silk road, they were effectively cut off from global trade. With the rise of maritime trade in the past centuries, there wasn't a way for Afghans to access this network.