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On Wednesday and Thursday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi made calls to:

British Foreign Secretary Dominic RaabPakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood QureshiTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Guess what was on his mind?

Wang wants the Taliban to step up:

“[W]hat will happen next [in A...