Xinjiang Getting Tense : Regional Peace and Stability May Get Affected With Changes in Afghanistan
Local residents walk in a street at a scenic spot in the ancient city of Kashgar, northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,
Xinjiang shares border with Afghanistan and the Northwest Xinjiang region may again become quite restive. Terrorist groups, once they get consolidated in Afghanistan, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), will certainly pose threats to China’s national security, senior officials from the Xinjiang regional government said on Monday. They urged the Afghan Taliban to break off with all kinds of terrorism and firmly crack down on them.
The remarks were made in response to questions on whether the changes in Afghanistan will lead to changes in deployments on border control along with border with Afghanistan. “No matter how the outside situation has changed, we will maintain stability and peace,” Xu Guixiang, a spokesperson of the Xinjiang regional government, told a press conference.
The above indicates that the Chinese Communist are already rattled by the Afghan events.
For a long time, the ETIM and other Freedom fighters groups of the Quighers were lying low in the Xinjiang region, just waiting to liberate their land from China. They planned and conducted a series of attacks in Xinjiang, which caused great damage to Chinese political and administrative control of the Region.
The Chinese administration of Xinjiang region’s resolution to crack down on Insurgents and to safeguard social stability and national sovereignty will not change. Any forces that want to disturb Xinjiang’s development are doomed to fail, said a Chinese Communist Party spokesman.
“Terrorism is anti-human and anti-civilization and it’s the common enemy of the international community. We wish that the Afghan Taliban will break off with all terrorist organizations, including the ETIM, and firmly crack down on them in order to help with regional cooperation on security and development,” said The Chinese Communist Party member.
As per the Chinese, their Government has taken a series of measures to fight against terrorism and extremism and has had some success. “No matter how the outside situation has changed, we will stick to the overall goal of ensuring stability in Xinjiang, economic development and social prosperity and the happy lives of local residents of all ethnic groups.”
