Who is current patron of the Deobandi-root fundamentalist Taliban?

 8-17-21  Pakistan in order to regain the so-called strategic depth after the ouster of Communist/Soviet-supported Najibullah government converted the wider Mujahideen movement into the Taliban revolution.  https://thefederal.com/international/afghanistans-quick-collapse-a-tragic-fallout-of-pakistans-duplicity/

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The world should unfreeze Afghanistan’s reserves and pour in aid to rebuild the country, Russia says  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/30/russia-afghanistan-taliban-aid/

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  Sellin recently said US should not recognize Taliban regime nor unlock Afghan assets in US nor supply aid to Taliban regime.

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July 2021     (Ret.) Col. Lawrence Sellin:  Pakistan uses Taliban as its proxy (through last 50 years) (7:20 of video).     

  At 4:40 of video:  “ I expect China to recognize the Taliban regime very quickly.  And I expect China to implement its plan to economically and militarily dominate South Asia.  Now this will include China inviting Afghanistan into the China-Pakistan economic corridor that would begin to exploit mineral wealth in Afghanistan.  They’ll start beginning to build military bases in Balochistan on the Arabian Sea.  And this will be at the mouth of the Persian Gulf to connect to the Chinese naval base at  Djibouti at the entrance to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.  And it will also connect to the growing number of bases in the South China Sea.  Their intent is to dominant the vital sealanes of the northern Indian Ocean.”  https://kzsection.info/green/wion-speaks-with-retired-us-army-officer-colonel-lawrence-sellin-latest-world-english-news/npeihK9_oKt-dZs.html

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10-1-2017  Chinese troops at the country’s only overseas military base conducted their first live-fire exercises last week in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, near some of the world’s busiest shipping routes.  Beijing has described its military outpost as a logistics facility for resupplying Chinese vessels   https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2113300/chinas-djibouti-military-base-logistics-facility-or

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6-30-21   In April 2021, US Africa Command commander Gen. Stephen Townsend indicated during a hearing before Congress that China is expanding the port to accommodate aircraft carriers in the future.  The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), the United States (Camp Lemonnier Base), France (Naval base of Héron) and Italy (Base Militare Nazionale di Supporto) also have bases in Djibouti. https://warsawinstitute.org/chinese-naval-base-djibouti-chinese-policy-horn-africa/

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