Beijing: China has offered $31 million (Rs. 228 crores) worth of aid, including vaccines, food, and medicines, to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. 

Beijing has already acknowledged the Taliban government and expressed its willingness to do business with the new government. Now it has announced aid to rebuilding and restructuring of the infrastructure of war-torn country. 

Taliban has announced an interim government headed by Mullah Hassan Akhund. However, US President Joe Biden has said that country is still a long way off from recognizing the Taliban government. 

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the aid to Afghanistan at a meeting on Wednesday, with counterparts from several of Afghanistan's neighbours - Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

"What the US did in Afghanistan over the past two decades is a textbook example which shows us the consequences of wanton military intervention and attempts to impose one's own ideology and values on others," said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin.

China has expressed its desire to engage in a strategic partnership with Afghanistan. Withdrawal of US-led troops and the regain of the Taliban would help China accelerate its ambitious One Belt-One Road project. 

Much before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, China invited representatives of the group over for talks in July, offering economic support for Afghanistan and stressing that the country should not be used as a staging point for terrorists.