US and China clash over ‘belt and road’ in Afghan resolution

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and China have clashed over Beijing’s $1 trillion “belt and road” infrastructure program after the Security Council unanimously approved a bare bones resolution extending the mandate of the U.N. political mission in Afghanistan for six months.
Last year’s resolution extending the mission’s mandate for a year welcomed and urged further efforts to strengthen regional economic cooperation involving Afghanistan, including th