India and China on Saturday agreed on a joint economic project in Afghanistan, sources said after a two-day summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping.
The two-day summit, which wrapped up on Saturday, was held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Indian media reported that China’s decision to team up with India in Afghanistan could upset Pakistan, which considers Beijing as its “all weather ally”, sources said.
China while trying to expand its influence in Kabul has tacitly backed Pakistan, which has been accused by Afghanistan and the US of backing the Taliban.
They accuse Pakistan of proving safe havens to terror groups which carry out attacks in Afghanistan, destabilising any attempts to restore peace.
China for the first time held a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan in December last in Beijing to narrow down the differences between the two countries.
China had also announced plans to extend its controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan at the meeting
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