afghanistan is long since lost. >> 'emron khan is a national hero in pakistan and joins us now from islamabad. welcome mr. khan. >> thank you. >> all right. this is the highest profile politician killed in three years. tell us what the assassination means. >> well, it's spread a feeling of panic in pakistan because of the governor of a province is not safe and the biggest province in pakistan then who is safe? and it seems as if the government is incapable of protecting the people if it can't protect its governor so there's a feeling of demoralization, a feeling of fear amongst a lot of politicians. >> well, does this mean that extremists have become more mainstream, the fact that he was so vulnerable?