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The Chinese Foreign Ministry celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Taliban conquering Afghanistan on Tuesday, praising the terrorist group’s takeover as “a history achievement” and crediting the Taliban for “fighting corruption” and “improving people’s livelihoods.”
The Taliban stormed into Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021, after launching a national campaign to oust the government of then-President Ashraf Ghani. The Taliban had originally agreed to a deal with the government of former American President Donald Trump to not attack American assets or maintain ties to other terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda if U.S. troops withdrew from the country by May 1, 2021, but current President Joe Biden violated the deadline and extended the 20-year Afghan war into August, prompting the Taliban to attack.
The Taliban conquered Kabul bloodlessly, as Ghani immediately got on a helicopter out of the country and has yet to return at press time.
Taliban leaders celebrated the anniversary on Tuesday with mass events bringing together the terrorists for poetry, jihad speeches, and other celebrations. While the group canceled a previously scheduled parade in Kandahar, crowds of men supporting the jihadists stormed most major cities, chanting “death to Westerners” and taking over sites that were once occupied by American officials.
While no government has officially recognized the Taliban terrorist organization as the formal government of Afghanistan in two years, many have identified the uncontested rulers of the country as an “interim” or “caretaker” government. The Chinese Communist Party was among the first to do so and celebrated the Taliban’s return to power almost immediately after it occurred, lauding the “sunny day in Kabul” through its government propaganda outlets.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry shared the same positive outlook towards the radical Islamist terror group in remarks during its regular briefing on Tuesday.
“Two years on, with the active support of Afghanistan’s neighbors and other countries in the region, the transition in Afghanistan has been generally stable, and the future of the nation is back in the hands of its people — a historic achievement,” spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. “The interim government [the Taliban] has taken a number of practical measures in recovering its economy, improving people’s livelihood, prohibiting narcotics, fighting corruption and safeguarding security.
