This will not end well for China.
This is actually positive.
China will not tolerate Muslim attacks on Han Chinese.
The Russians won’t want China in their backyard.
The Taliban would use the money and not grow opium.
The losers will be the ordinary Afghani people.
#2. Exactly the opposite. It will end in disaster for the Taliban. The Red Chinese have no qualms about leveling city blocks or who cities if they want to defeat their enemies. As the No. Vietnamese during their war with Red China in the 80’s.
In a war between the Red Chinese imperialists and the Taliban goat-humpers, my money is on Peking.