in the new old afghanistan. dan johnson, bbc news. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the afghan capital kabul, and has the latest on that visit by the pakistani intelligence chief. turning first to this visit of the head of the pakistani intelligence services, the isi, certainly pakistan has been requesting to help with the evacuation of remaining foreign nationals and those afghans who are eligible to leave the country that haven't yet been able to do so. so, that is likely to have formed part of his discussions with the taliban, but pakistan also has a long history with the taliban. it's often been accused of secretly supporting their insurgency. pakistan has always denied that, but it acknowledges having some leverage. so, there's a lot of speculation that this visit is really about discussions about the creation of a new government here in afghanistan. it's been nearly three weeks since the taliban took over kabul.