Abstract
There has been considerable scholarly and analytical debate on whether projects under Belt and Road can benefit states with a history of war and domestic upheaval. The same debate applies to regional connectivity projects such as the flagship China Pakistan Economic Corridor given its close geographical proximity to restive Afghanistan. This research article examines the potential of the $62 billionCPEC project extending into Central Asia and contributing to Afghanistan’s stability. Also analyzed are the challenges in 2022 such as a fragile securitysituation domestically after the US withdrawal in 2021, global economic deprivation due tothe Russian war on Ukraine and several projects of the corridor still being a work in progress. The research design is a mixed-method analytical approach.This article affirms that the aforementionedchallenges must be overcome holistically,practically and through shrewd policy makingbeforeit can extend into theCentral Asian states and Afghanistan.
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