China Pledges Security Equipment and Training to Afghanistan

KABUL: (Middle East Press) The president of China Xi Jinping said on Friday that his country will provide Afghanistan with security equipment, technology and training assistance.

The pledge was made during a meeting with his Afghan counterpart President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during the BRICS summit.

In the BRICS summit leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa were attended in which they discussed different issues including security in Afghanistan.

The pledge by Xi was followed days after Chinese officials observed the first tentative peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.

China has long pledged to play a “huge” commercial role in helping rebuilding Afghanistan as the U.S. is pulling out troops from the country.

President Ghani called on representatives of regional nations to fight Daesh militants jointly in the meeting adding that the steady flow of militants in Waziristan caused by Pakistan’s military operations still presents a major security challenge for Afghanistan.