Asian economic potential draws world attention. Recently, China challenges the US’s economic and political dominance which prompted the US-China trade war. Afghanistan and other Arab nations struggled for decades amid an informal US colony after Saddam Hossain’s fall. After the US troops left Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban took over it. Afghanistan’s trade and military advantage make it vital as middle east geopolitics alter. This has been noticed by China. China-Afghanistan military cooperation improves trade. All in Eurasia is seeing China penetrate global value networks and the Belt and Road supply chains. The 21st century’s Silk Road connects Eastern Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor. China-Afghanistan cooperation along the Wakhan Corridor is the key to the success of the Silk Road initiative. China-Afghanistan wants to use the corridor more, which has been a commerce and military battleground. The essay discusses China- Afghanistan strategic relations along the Wakhan Corridor from a legal and strategic perspective.

I. Introduction
2. The Wakhan Corridor: A Geopolitical Background
3. China-Afghanistan Relations: Past, Present andFuture
4. Challenges of the Wakhan Corridor
    A. Challenges for Afghanistan
    B. Challenges to China
    C. Challenges to Other Neighbouring Countries
5. Opportunities Emerging out of the Wakhan Corridor
    A. Opportunities for Afghanistan
    B. Opportunities for China
    C. Opportunities for Other Neighbouring Countries
6. Conclusion

• Xiaolin Pan(Associate Professor of Public International Law at Dalian Maritime University Law School, LL.B./LL.M. (Peking U.), Ph.D. (Yonsei U.))
• Badar Alam Iqbal(Professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University-South Africa. B.A./M.Comm./Ph.D./DBA (Indian Int’l U.-Aligarh Muslim U.))
• Mohd Nayyer Rahman(Assistant Professor of Commerce at Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 202002)