India monitoring development of China’s new Wakhan corridor route?

China’s construction of a new transit road through Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor is set to alter regional geopolitics, providing Beijing with a direct overland link to its western neighbor. While the route promises to expand trade and consolidate China's growing engagement with the Taliban, it is also heavily driven by security priorities in the restive Xinjiang region.

Crucially, the corridor's proximity to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has triggered immediate strategic concerns in New Delhi. Sources confirm that India’s Ministry of External Affairs is monitoring the developments exceptionally closely, carefully assessing the long-term security implications of a direct Sino-Afghan link operating right at India's doorstep.