Historical Relationship Between Afghanistan-China Since 1955 to 2001

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Published Apr 17, 2025
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Mosa Lali
Department of History, Faculty of Education, Ghor Institute, Ghor, Afghanistan.
Mehrjan Raufi
Department of History, Faculty of Social Science, Jawzjan University, Jawzjan, Afghanistan.

Abstract

The relations between China and Afghanistan related to “Early Centuries” with strong cultural relations. After organized the new government in China in (1949); the officially diplomatic relations between Afghanistan- China started on January 20, 1955, Generally Afghanistan and China had been up-down diplomatic relation for 56 years. Convincingly, when Afghanistan occupied by Soviet Union in 1979, it was negative effects to relations between Afghanistan-China. During the civil wars of Afghanistan, the Chinese embassy was receding from Afghanistan in 1993, When the Taliban came to Power and established the government of the Islamic seigniory in Afghanistan (1996-2001), and China’s government never recognized the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan. After provisional government in Afghanistan in December (2001), opened the new Door for both of countries and rebuilt relations to many aspects; China’s Embassy reopened on February 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. So. This paper attempts to find the answer to this research question; Examining the historical relationship between Afghanistan-China since 1955 to 2001? And the research method used in this paper is the library method.

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Lali, M., & Raufi, M. (2025). Historical Relationship Between Afghanistan-China Since 1955 to 2001. Nangarhar University Social Science Journal, 2(02), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.70436/nussj.v2i02.37

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