So where is Pakistan in all this Afghanistan turmoil??

[joetheman]

China an Russia...sitting this out and then will swoop in when ittttts over. ???

[elleng]

1. taking advantage of it's monster, as much as possible,

from what I've read.

[RockRaven]

2. Glad to have increased influence over a region they view as a resource for generating

non-state fighters to rile up and point at India.

[unc70]

3. Extracting a bunch of people from Kabul

Flying them to Islamabad

[JI7]

4. Pakistan is in debt to China so........... And Russia doesn't have money to do much other than

cause problems for others . If Trump was still in office they would be taking advantage of it . But not much they can do now .

China is the one to watch .

[Bucky]

5. I don't think there's a long line of countries eager to swoop into Afghanistan at the moment

They seem pretty ungovernable.

The Taliban's affiliation can be bought, probably by China via Pakistan's sympathetic military leaders, but I don't think they're gonna let anyone tell them how to run their dictatorship. China's interest is probably mostly in keeping the Uyghurs unfunded by outsiders. And Pakistan's is mostly about keeping their border calm.

No one gives a shit about the Afghan people.