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Last week in Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani endorsed a proposal by the visiting Chinese military chief, Gen. Fang Fenghui, for Afghanistan to join China, Pakistan and Tajikistan in an “anti-terrorism” alliance. And now, national security advisor Mr. Hanif Atmar is in Peking for security discussions with high-level Chinese officials, including Gen. Fang. General Fang’s interest in these three neighboring countries is partly geographical—their shared border with China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR).