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0 retrograde our equipment and that was accomplished. general miller executed the plan in accordance with the plan. a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow the government to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security sources. so it was, the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there and in conjunction with that plan, we were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy. that was the plan, senator. >> but you didn't address the issue, you made, it was your plan, you acknowledged it was you...

There is a department that you go to, there's paperwork that's signed off on. the problem becomes now particularly that you're dealing with the rank and file on the street are not necessarily the same as of the dealing of the upper echelons of the taliban. it can be difficult to persuade them that you do have a legitimate right to be there and do yourjob as a reporter. sana, does this echo your experience with the taliban? i agree with what saad and clarissa said, they are more professional than the people we used to deal with, but i would say they have a double standard. for international med...

You did have protection from the taliban and you could be reasonably secure knowing that you weren't at risk of being kidnapped on a trip, and you would be given access to what you had been promised. so, there was a mechanism for dealing with them, and from what we're seeing on the ground now, that mechanism still exists. there is a department that you go to, there's paperwork that's signed off on. the problem becomes now particularly that you're dealing with the rank and file on the street are not necessarily the same as of the dealing of the upper echelons of the taliban. it can be difficult...

Relationships with the taliban. clarissa, help me understand how you engage with them. we've been engaging with them for a couple of years now. i did a story in the north of the country injanuary of 2019, which entailed spending time in their territory, getting permission from them, and one thing i will give them credit for, which i think saad touches on there, is there was a process. you did have that from the taliban and you could be reasonably secure knowing that you weren't at risk of being kidnapped on a trip and you would be given access to what you had been promised. so, there was a mec...

Paperwork that's signed off on. the problem becomes now particularly that you're dealing with... not necessarily the same as of the dealing of the same as of the dealing of the upper echelons of the taliban. it can be difficult to persuade them that you do have a legitimate right to be there and do yourjob as a reporter. sana, does this echo your experience? i sana, does this echo your experience?— sana, does this echo your exerience? . ., experience? i agree with what saad and clarissa _ experience? i agree with what saad and clarissa said, - experience? i agree with what saad and clarissa ...