Afghanistan...

[goodfellow]

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!

Unfortunately that is  probably a pretty accurate statement.

The question is - what do the Chinese, and their allies, the Pakistanis do now? The Chinese will certainly use the Pakistanis as their proxy to assert control over the entire region. That is a not a good geo-political scenario. India is certainly in their collective sights.

[jabberwoki]

Yeah that will be the " i told you so moment" if china moves in.

[slip knot]

The taliban are already working with china. China's probably after the rare earth minerals thats in the region.

[muddy]

And it begins....



https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/asia/china-vaccines-aid-afghanistan-intl-hnk/index.html

Sent from the twisted mind of the mudman

[goodfellow]

And it begins....



https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/asia/china-vaccines-aid-afghanistan-intl-hnk/index.html

Sent from the twisted mind of the mudman

Chinese and Afghan culture are not compatible. The more the Chinese exert control and influence in that country, the more the Afghanis will push back. Conflict between these two current "partners" is inevitable. It doesn't bode well for the entire region. Pakistan may be able to keep a lid on it for a while, but it will only make the political pressure cooker more volatile.