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Research Paper
Published online: May 30, 2025
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2025.18.1.09

Legal and Strategic Cooperation between China and Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities through the Wakhan Corridor

Mohd Nayyer Rahman & Badar Alam Iqbal & Xiaolin Pan
Aligarh Muslim University
Department of Commerce, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202001 India.
Correspondence to: badariqbal@sun.ac.za

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Abstract
Asian economic potential draws world attention. Recently, China challenges the US’s economic and political dominance which prompted the US-China trade war. Afghanistan and other Arab nations struggled for decades amid an informal US colony after Saddam Hossain’s fall. After the US troops left Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban took over it. Afghanistan’s trade and military advantage make it vital as middle east geopolitics alter. This has been noticed by China. China-Afghanistan military cooperation improves trade. All in Eurasia is seeing China penetrate global value networks and the Belt and Road supply chains. The 21st century’s Silk Road connects Eastern Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor. China-Afghanistan cooperation along the Wakhan Corridor is the key to the success of the Silk Road initiative. China-Afghanistan wants to use the corridor more, which has been a commerce and military battleground. The essay discusses Chinab Afghanistan strategic relations along the Wakhan Corridor from a legal and strategic perspective.

Keywords : China, Afghanistan, Wakhan Corridor, Strategic Cooperation, Trade, Geopolitics

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