allowed to live in peace. to which afghan said, we didn't do anything wrong, we were simply working. and so it was a message meant to reassure but actually it rattled people. not to forget the horrible, horrible stories about people being beheaded, people being killed. i think the taliban are very anxious will stop the one thing that has changed from their rule of the 1990s is that they are very much aware of international opinion, they very much don't want to be a pariah state, but they also emphasise what matters most of all is the establishment of what they call a pure islamic system. everything else is secondary. pure islamic system. everything else is secondary-— pure islamic system. everything else is secondary. lyse doucet, thank you very much. — is secondary. lyse doucet, thank you very much. in — is secondary. lyse doucet, thank you very much, in dubai _ is secondary. lyse doucet, thank you very much, in dubai for— is secondary. lyse doucet, thank you very much, in dubai for us. _ i'm joined now by simon diggins, a retired british army colonel and co—founder of the sulha alliance. he's also the former british defence attache in kabul.