India, May 21 -- Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan have agreed to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghan soil, Pakistan's deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday after a meeting of the three countries in Beijing.

India has for long opposed the CPEC, a flagship venture under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as a key part of it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). India's concerns in this regard have been conveyed to the Taliban regime in Kabul, which has been courted by China and Pakistan for the CPEC extension.

Following an informal trilateral meeting in Beijing with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and the Taliban's acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Dar said in a social me...