Speaking of China... Well, according to Reuters "China has significant economic stakes in Afghanistan" !!! UPDATE 1-NATO head calls on China, Russia to help fund Afghan forces | Reuters

What significantly economic could have there possibly been in Afghanistan????? Afghanistan is a very poor country. Could anybody shed some light? (Ramil, please don't mention drugs... )

All that's being mentioned by Wiki is that:

"After the fall of the Taliban regime after the United States intervention in 2001, however relations between China and Afghanistan had greatly improved and were reestablished. [...] In January 2002, Chairman Karzai visited China ,and met respectively with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji. The two sides exchanged the notes of China providing 30 million yuan of emergent material aid and US$1 million in cash to Afghanistan. President Jiang Zemin announced that China would provide US$150 million-worth of assistance to Afghanistan for its reconstruction. The 30 million yuan of emergent material aid had been delivered to Kabul by the end of March 2002."

Well, those millions are not that much elsewhere, but in Afghanistan that is a lot of money. Why? Could anybody explain?

I've come to wonder about that amidst another puzzle - when the US troops were in Afghanistan, it seemed that everybody hated the US for that, but now as the US is seriously preparing to withdraw everybody is concerned. Including Russia. BBC Russian - Лента новостей -

So, after all it turns out it was not that bad the US was doing the dirty job, and it was also honorable to despise the US for that. All those famous: "Open up! The democracy had come!" posters... But now, there are concerns over the withdrawal too... Seems like the US is evil either way. What do you think, Hanna? Does it seem like the double-standards to you?