China praises Taliban as 'important military and political force' in Afghanistan, pledges support

China on Wednesday feted Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, praising the insurgent group as an "important military and political force" in Afghanistan and asked it to make a "clean break" with all terrorist groups, especially the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) - the Uyghur Muslim militant group from Xinjiang.

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