Agencies China has realised it is extremely difficult for an outside power to grow roots in Afghanistan Saibal Dasgupta Author of Running with the Dragon: How India Should Do Business with China The Taliban in Afghanistan has described China as its ‘most important partner’, saying Beijing is ready to invest and rebuild the country. Is China equally enthusiastic about doing so? China had a taste of power in Afghanistan in the 7th century, long before the Soviet Union and the US, never mind Britain and Russia in the 19th century, tried to control it. The region came under the Tang...