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The Afghan question

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What’s next in Afghanistan?

That’s just not us wondering.

On Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took an urgent call from his US counterpart, Anthony Blinken, to discuss the Afghan situation.

Wang berated the “hasty” US pullout of troops from Afghanistan, but pledged to work with Wash...