What a lot of people don’t know is Afghanistan shares a border with China (a tiny portion of the border). Don’t be surprised if China, which has no love for Muslims, takes over at least the strip of Afghanistan that reaches out and connects to China.
And if the Taliban attacks them, China will respond with savagery, and the entire world will look the other way, after demanding we prosecute our soliders for atoricites.
Wakhjir Pass. I’m surprised the Chinese haven’t moved in and taken it already.
They don’t need to. China now has a land route running all the way from Iran to the Pacific. You may include parts of Iraq in that picture as well.
With Pakistan as an ally the Chinese have India as encircled, leaving the subcontinent isolated with the exception of naval and air transport.
I posted on another thread, basically, if the Taliban think China’s gonna be their friends, they’ve got another thing coming.