{"id":144822,"date":"2026-01-24T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144822"},"modified":"2026-01-24T02:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:00:23","slug":"why-are-tensions-along-afghan-tajikistan-border-such-a-headache-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144822","title":{"rendered":"Why are tensions along Afghan-Tajikistan border such a headache for China?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMonday\u2019s fatal blast at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul has underscored the grave security threat China is facing, not just in Afghanistan but also in wider Central Asia.<br \/>\nOne potential area of vulnerability is Tajikistan, Central Asia\u2019s poorest country, which has a weak military and a long border with Afghanistan.<br \/>\nOn the same day as the Kabul bombing, the Chinese embassy in Tajikistan issued a travel warning, telling its citizens and companies to boost security and evacuate from the border region&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3341049\/why-are-tensions-along-afghan-tajikistan-border-such-headache-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMonday\u2019s fatal blast at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul has underscored the grave security threat China is facing, not just in Afghanistan but also&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144822"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}