from investing in large-scale

each to India and Pakistan over a 30-year operational period. While the Taliban seek to position Afghanistan as a strategic actor within China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), security concerns have deterred major Chinese state-owned enterprises from investing in large-scale infrastructure projects. The Taliban’s aggressive push for regional connectivity is driven by a combination of political, economic, and strategic imperatives. Domestically, these projects serve as indicators of governance, compensating for the absence of democratic institutions by projecting the image of a functioning state สล็อตเว็บตรง