>> you know, that's an excellent question. and you think the taliban, what is your image. people who chop off hands, won't let girls go to school. but there are other taliban out there. it's a very mixed bag. and now this news that they would be willing to open an office to begin some type of peace negotiations with the u.s. and its international partners is big news. and as we know, there have been talks. they've been at times secret, and the government isn't willing to talk too much about it openly. but there have been talks going on for almost two years. but there are a lot of pros and cons obviously about doing this. >> the big question, jill, i mean, diplomatically, can this work? >> well, let's go through the pros and cons. if you say, what are the cons, there are a lot out there. number one, who are the taliban. they're a different group, disparate groups. number two, what do they want exactly. nobody seems to know exactly ha they want. they know one thing, they want