probably better than just about any other foreigner. i mean, do you feel a sympathy for the taliban or is this just a kind of objective way of looking at them, the afghans? it's their country. i'm a guest in that country. the taliban now are in a position of power. a lot of the people the international community has supported have left the country. but we have to really be realistic with it. we shouldn't be disengaging with afghanistan. we should be engaging with them as a friend, not in a hostile manner. and the afghans were continuing to tell me, we want to have relations with the west, but as partners, we have to identify those progressive afghans within the taliban and support them. will you go back to afghanistan? yes, i look forward to. i spent a0 years there. i've got lots of friends there. i've made new friends now. and you wouldn't be nervous about going back? no, no. never nervous in afghanistan. what happened to me is just another chapter, because if we don't help afghanistan, it's going to get worse. we're going to have more