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CHINAS GROWING INFLUENCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON PAKISTAN IN THE POST2014 ERA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).13      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).13      Published : Sep 2020

China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era

Abstract

    This research paper examines China's growing influence in Afghanistan (post-2014) in the context of the Chinese government's overall approach to Afghan peace and stability. China growing influence in Afghanistan can be seen in three dynamics which are security, economic, and geostrategic, and its impacts on Pakistan have also been explored. This study is based on a mixed research approach means Qualitative cum Quantitative. In the economic field, it has been observed that the Chinese invested in Afghanistan more in the post-2014 as compared to pre-2014. In the security field, the China diplomatic efforts can be seen in the form of treaties and agreements with Afghanistan under Ashraf Ghani's Afghan Unity Government AUG. These efforts are to eradicate terrorism and extremism from Afghanistan as China herself is facing the same issue in its western region. The China vision in the Geostrategic field and its strategy and policy towards Afghanistan are analyzed. These three-tier policies of China in Afghanistan have certain impacts on Pakistan, and these impacts are explored under BRI particular part, which is CPEC Post 2014.

    Afghan Peace, Geo-strategic, Diplomacy, Terrorism, Extremism

    (1) Sabira Iqbal
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Saqib Ullah Khan
    Ph.D. Scholar, Pakistan Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Atta Ullah Jan
    Ph.D. Scholar, Pakistan Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Iqbal, S., Khan, S. U., & Jan, A. U. (2020). China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era. Global Political Review, V(III), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).13

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Iqbal, Sabira, Saqib Ullah Khan, and Atta Ullah Jan. 2020. "China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era." Global Political Review, V (III): 133-141 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).13

HARVARD

    HARVARD : IQBAL, S., KHAN, S. U. & JAN, A. U. 2020. China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era. Global Political Review, V, 133-141.

MHRA

    MHRA : Iqbal, Sabira, Saqib Ullah Khan, and Atta Ullah Jan. 2020. "China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era." Global Political Review, V: 133-141

MLA

    MLA : Iqbal, Sabira, Saqib Ullah Khan, and Atta Ullah Jan. "China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era." Global Political Review, V.III (2020): 133-141 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Iqbal, Sabira, Khan, Saqib Ullah, and Jan, Atta Ullah (2020), "China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era", Global Political Review, V (III), 133-141

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Iqbal, Sabira, Saqib Ullah Khan, and Atta Ullah Jan. "China's Growing Influence in Afghanistan and its Impacts on Pakistan in the Post-2014 Era." Global Political Review V, no. III (2020): 133-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).13