down for this long before. and even if pakistani lawmakers wanted to reopen these supply routes now, there's real pressure on them not to. pressure on them from the taliban, the pakistani taliban, which threatened lawmakers and their families last week. if they resume shipping supplies to the afghanistan through pakistan, the pakistani taliban said, "we will start attacking all the particliamentarians and their families." on the afghanistan side of the border, our guest tonight for the interview reports that it is the taliban in afghanistan, the taliban of afghanistan who have been initiating and trying to participate in talks with the united states about how the american war in afghanistan ends. joining us now for the interview is ahmed rashid. he's got a brand-new book out called "pakistan on the brink." mr. rashid is essentially the premiere journalist living and working in packston today.