No clue, but I don't see any realistic way the Taliban would become a conquering force in most directions.
I guess it's possible they could try to go north to take over some of the old Soviet satellite states, but I don't know enough about their motivations to say why they might want to. And no idea what Putin would say if they tried that either.
Going south (or southeast) you get Pakistan. Not only are the Pakistani and Taliban some level of friends (making war less likely), but the Taliban trying to invade a nuclear power would be stupid. Close diplomatic and cultural ties are definitely possible though.
Going east, you get China. And from the Uyghurs we know how the Chinese react to Muslims coming in.
And going west, they get Iran. And Iran and the Taliban are never going to get along (unless in an "enemy of my enemy" sense) because Iran is the largest Shia and the Taliban are Fundamentalist Sunni. But if the Taliban do try to invade Iran I'm just going to break out the popcorn and let 2 rival Fundamentalist Islamic nations who hate our guts beat each other senseless.
No clue, but I don't see any realistic way the Taliban would become a conquering force in most directions.
I guess it's possible they could try to go north to take over some of the old Soviet satellite states, but I don't know enough about their motivations to say why they might want to. And no idea what Putin would say if they tried that either.
Going south (or southeast) you get Pakistan. Not only are the Pakistani and Taliban some level of friends (making war less likely), but the Taliban trying to invade a nuclear power would be stupid. Close diplomatic and cultural ties are definitely possible though.
Going east, you get China. And from the Uyghurs we know how the Chinese react to Muslims coming in.
And going west, they get Iran. And Iran and the Taliban are never going to get along (unless in an "enemy of my enemy" sense) because Iran is the largest Shia and the Taliban are Fundamentalist Sunni. But if the Taliban do try to invade Iran I'm just going to break out the popcorn and let 2 rival Fundamentalist Islamic nations who hate our guts beat each other senseless.