China calls for joint patrols on Afghan border and counterterror cooperation
China has called for greater counterterrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, including joint patrols along the narrow strip of land that forms their only shared border.
“China supports the prompt resumption of bilateral patrols in the Wakhan Corridor to maintain peace and stability in the border region,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with the Afghan acting minister of interior affairs, Sirajuddin Haqqani.
The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of mountainous Afghan territory that...
