to be pockets like sharif in the past in kabul? >> i think it's an important point, anderson. the taliban has made enormous gains on the ground but how many of them are there? how far can they go? because it's one thing to take territory. it's another thing to hold it. and i would guess they're probably pretty close to being a full stretch right now in terms of their capacity. again, i don't have any insight or information on this, but taking is one thing and holding is something else. so i think with the afghans in defense of kabul, it might cause this process to bog down a bit. not sure that's a good thing because what does that mean? basically mean a civil war as does ghani's appeal to the