fighters swept into kabul. you decided to head back from safety in the united states. why did you do that? well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. there were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to the planes to just escape. and ijust couldn't bear to see that, i needed to return. first of all, be with our people, calm them down, but secondly, wanted to engage with the taliban. they needed to assure the people that they should not be feared, the future should not look as bleak as people think, and that the taliban, no doubt, had taken over kabul