Where is Khurasan Actually? What role do the Taliban, Pakistan and others have?

Well said.

Most of the “fortune telling” stories sold as ahadees are fabricated.

Old timer Christians and pagans used to build some really tall tales about “future predictions” as part of their religious practices. Shamans and fortune tellers were part of their maulvis.

And unfortunately, many Muslims fall prey to the same medieval practices when they start believing in “future predictions” and then associate such fabrications to Allah swt and his Rasool pbuh.