Well, in some ways this will show now whether the people in power who claim they want to help Afghanistan, actually mean it or not, the west already has the country occupied of sorts but if we truly care about the afghans winning, gaining respect for democracy and stabilizing their own country then we shouldn't mind them working for Chinese companies either, free market and all that.
And heck, if one of dem warlords goes businessman and opens his own mining company, why not? Of course corruption etc. can cause problems but it still sounds better to me than the status quo.