A day after the Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted the credentials of Bilal Karimi as the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador to Beijing, a US State Department spokesperson fielded questions about the significance of Beijing's move. 

Host Shams Amani discussed the topic with the following guests: 

• Aziz Ahmad Barez, dir. of Afghanistan-Central Asia Strategic Studies Center
• Mohammad Naeem, Islamic Emirate’s Qatar-based Political Office Spokesman