Looking ahead, the real danger is that, having failed to get the Taliban to bend while also unable to build an anti-Taliban resistance movement or incite the Central Asian states to decouple from Moscow and Beijing, the US and its allies may now be left with the only remaining option, which is to create anarchical conditions in Afghanistan where there are no winners

Faced with an increase in food prices, Central Asian republics are exploring new options to combat hunger and decrease reliance on imports

The Central Asian republics depend heavily on Russia for grain, oil, and commerce and have already been negatively impacted by the war