China has established a new county named Cenling in its Xinjiang region, close to the borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Located near the strategic Wakhan Corridor and the Karakoram range, the move is seen as an effort to strengthen border security and curb potential infiltration
Pakistani soldiers keep watch at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Balochistan province. PIC/AFP
China has set up a new county in its volatile Xinjiang province near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Afghanistan border in an apparent move to beef up security along the narrow Wakhan Corridor to curb infiltration of Uyghur separatist militants.
The county, named Cenling, is located near the Karakoram mountain range and close to the borders with PoK and Afghanistan, underscoring its strategic significance. It is the third new county established by China in Xinjiang Chinese autonomous region, a predominantly Muslim Uyghur region, in over a year.
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