Afghan forces expose Chinese intel network, arrest 10 spies

Kabul : Afghan forces have exposed the Chinese intelligence network operating in Afghanistan for at least six months, under which the spies” Chinese spies maintained contacts with Haqqani network and Afghan Taliban.  In mid-December, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials conducted a major operation in Kabul, which resulted in the detention of about 10 Chinese intelligence agents.
In an opinion piece in Pajhwok Afghan News, Habiba Ashna, an activist, said the Chinese talk a lot about peace in Afghanistan, while supporting the Pakistani military, who is waging a multi-year hybrid war against the Afghans, using the Taliban terrorists and other groups for this.
“Now, Kabul has made it clear to Beijing that it will no longer tolerate spies” Chinese spies cooperating with Pakistani agents and militants of the Haqqani network on its soil,” she wrote.  According to Afghan security officials, the NDS is about eliminating “a complex and ramified network of agents,” which operated for several months in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in order to promote “Beijing’s geopolitical influence in the region.” Among the Chinese intelligence officers arrested by the NDS was Li Yanyang. According to Afghan intelligence officers, he began to actively work in the country in July, becoming an important element of the espionage network.