After Taliban sweeps into power, Pakistan, India, and China all face a risky new landscape

For Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban’s return delivers a strategic victory over Pakistan’s rival, India, but in addition probably a lift to an affiliated rebel group, often called the Pakistani Taliban, that threatens Pakistan itself. For India, it heightens anxieties about militancy in Kashmir at a second when it’s juggling flamable border standoffs with not simply Pakistan, but in addition China.