Published on, Aug. 21 -- August 21, 2025 1:04 PM

Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan. The announcement came during the Sixth Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Kabul on August 20. The meeting was attended by Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

The extension of CPEC aims to boost trade, transit, and development opportunities for Afghanistan. The ministers stressed that the project would connect Afghanistan more closely with regional markets. Besides trade, they pledged stronger cooperation in counter-terrorism, drug control, health, education, culture...