More than two years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, China has become the first major country to take decisive steps regarding the new Afghan government’s legal status. Having received an envoy from Kabul, China’s President Xi Jinping officially accepted ambassador credentials from the Afghan representative. Meeting the Chinese President automatically bestowed some partial official recognition. As per the Afghan foreign ministry, Maulvi Asadullah, also known as Bilal Karimi, has now become the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to China. “More than t…