The fact is large swathes of Afghanistan actually are open to Taliban. If this outfit is a Pakistani proxy then somebody tell me what magic spell ISI has that has overcome 150,000 US soldiers, NATO, 20 years, 2 trillion dollars?
If one looks at the map districts adjacent to Turkemenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran have fallen to Taliban. These are distal from the Pakistani border and some are not even Pashtun majority. My own opinion the strongest reaction against Taliban will come from Bamiyan region because of the Hazara Shia who will be worried of the sectarian nature of the Sunni Taliban, the Kabul elite living on American gravy train since 2001 and the Panjshiris. This is where Iran, Tajikistan come into this. But 2021 is not 2001. The Russians, Central Asians and Iranians are wary of USA.
If one looks at the map districts adjacent to Turkemenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran have fallen to Taliban. These are distal from the Pakistani border and some are not even Pashtun majority. My own opinion the strongest reaction against Taliban will come from Bamiyan region because of the Hazara Shia who will be worried of the sectarian nature of the Sunni Taliban, the Kabul elite living on American gravy train since 2001 and the Panjshiris. This is where Iran, Tajikistan come into this. But 2021 is not 2001. The Russians, Central Asians and Iranians are wary of USA.