China eyes deeper military ties with Afghanistan

BEIJING (Reuters) China wants to have deeper military ties with Afghanistan, including counter Canada Goose Online terrorism intelligence cooperation and joint drills, a senior Chinese officer told a visiting Afghan envoy.

China is working with Pakistan and the United States to broker peace talks to end a Taliban insurgency that has raged for 15 years in Afghanistan, but last month the militants refused to take part. China says it does not seek to fill a void left by their withdrawal.

But, it has promised buy canada goose jacket to play a commercial role in helping rebuild the country, where the Taliban seek to re establish uk canada goose outlet their Islamist regime.

China is very nervous at the prospect Islamist militants from Canada Goose online its restive far western region of Xinjiang getting support from the Taliban and other groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan and central Asia.

Fang Fenghui, a canada goose coats member of the buy canada goose jacket cheap powerful Central canada goose black friday sale Military Commission which controls China armed forces, told Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the Afghan president national security advisor that their two armed forces had always had good relations, China Defence Ministry Canada Goose Coats On Sale said late on Wednesday.

China is willing to canada goose clearance counter terrorism intelligence, joint drills, personnel training and other areas of practical cooperation the ministry Canada Goose Jackets cited Fang as saying.

China wants to promote cheap Canada Goose a regional counter terrorism mechanism to protect Canada Goose Parka regional peace, cheap canada goose uk stability and development he added.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which prizes its long time alliance with China, have been fraught with mistrust in the past.

For year, Afghan leaders repeatedly accused Pakistan of harbouring uk canada goose Taliban militants and covertly supporting their cohorts. But, the Taliban recent refusal to join a Canada Goose sale peace process and ongoing offensive has raised doubts over how much influence Islamabad canadian goose jacket still exerts over the militants.

Atmar told canada goose outlet sale Fang Afghanistan was willing to work canada goose factory sale with China to fight terrorism, and canada goose store explained the Afghan role in combatting the East canada goose uk black friday Turkestan Islamic Movement, canada goose uk shop which Beijing blames for much of the violence in Xinjiang, the ministry said.

China official Xinhua canada goose coats on sale news agency said Atmar also met China domestic security chief Meng Jianzhu, where they discussed counter terrorism too.

China vice president last year pledged infrastructure and security support for Afghanistan, signing several deals during a rare high canada goose level Chinese visit to Kabul.

China has become increasingly canada goose clearance sale concerned about what it calls extremists and separatists Xinjiang, Canada Goose Outlet where violence has killed hundreds in recent canadagooseoutlete years, and sees security in Afghanistan as key to stability at home.

Rights groups, however, blame unrest in Xinjiang on the frustration of the largely Muslim Uighur people from canada goose uk outlet the region over China controls on their culture and religion, charges Beijing denies.