coverage of the taliban's takeover of afghanistan. joining me now by phone, the afghan american novelist, khaled hoseini. the author of the kite runner. from the soviet invasion to chaos, refugee crisis to the rise of the taliban. he's also a good will ambassador for the united nations refugee agency. thank you so much for joining us. you spent your early childhood in kabul. what has it been like to watch the taliban take over the country again today? >> very hard to describe how devastating it is. absolutely nauseated. i woke up this morning. looked at my phone and saw that kabul had been taken over. haven't lived there in a long time, but will always have a deep connection with kabul. the events of the last few days