there is the broader question going forward, anderson, of the whole premise of this withdrawal was predicated on the idea that the taliban could assure that afghanistan would never, again, become a safe haven for terrorists. and can the u.s. continue to take the taliban at its word on there -- this front? is the taliban able to successfully quash groups like isis-k, especially when the u.s. has left and doesn't have, as alex mentioned, eyes and ears on the ground to have a better sense of what these groups are doing. and some of their bases, as we know, anderson, are in very rural and remote areas. it's simply not possible, many fear, for the taliban to be across all these threats. >> also, as you know better than anybody, the idea that the taliban are going to be able to, you know, man checkpoints and, you know, operate in a manner which trained forces usually do. i mean, these are -- these are