The Main Characteristics of China’s Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan Since 2001 to 2020

Mosa Lali; Mehrjan Raufi

doi:10.55544/ijrah.5.2.26

Authors

Mosa Lali Associate Professor Department of History, Faculty of Education, Ghor Institute, AFGHANISTAN.
Mehrjan Raufi Associate Professor of the Department of History, Faculty of Social Science, Jawzjan University, AFGHANISTAN.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.5.2.26

Keywords:

China, Afghanistan, Relation, policy, government

Abstract

Historically, the Sino-Afghan relationship date back to the 6th century, but the official relations between China-Afghanistan have been going on for more than half a century. According to Afghanistan situations, China has been different policy towards Afghanistan such as Afghanistan's support against Soviet Union occupation and the withdrawal of the Chinese embassy from Kabul in 1993. according to Afghanistan's geo-economic and geopolitical location, the US and its allies did military-invasion in Afghanistan in 2001 to eliminate terrorism. China was reopened its embassy in Kabul on 6 February 2002. China has been two kinds of foreign policy toward Afghanistan since 2001, such as "Neutral Policy" and "relatively active policy" since 2014. Basically, the main characteristics of China's foreign policy towards Afghanistan is respect to Afghanistan's independence, anti-hegemony, non-military aggression, and pursuing security in the beam of economic cooperation and its main goals is security, economy, cultural factors and China’s strategic goals.

This paper attempts to find the answer to this research question; What are the Characteristics of China’s Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan Since 2001 to 2020? drawing on library sources and other reference materials for analysis.

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