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They were perfectly fine with it over the past couple decades when it was helping keep them funded.
What changed
China came with some money.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-join-chinas-belt-road-forum-elevating-ties-2023-10-14/
Similar to how they did the same when we paid them to back in the late 90s.