vanished. i remember reporting on soldiers in 2010 and hearing these stories about ghost soldiers, commanders would pad out unit numbers and get the salaries and pocket it. there was a lack of motivation and moral and air support went away, drone support, ground sup support. there is one other factor that needs mentioning, though. the taliban is ideologically driven. tha they desire, their wish is to die in battle in gjihad. that's not the case with most of the afghan army. they want to go home to their 60,000 of them died. without u.s. support they saw writing on the wall. >> such important context as we try to absorb and take in what is happening after this 20-year war in afghanistan with the taliban regaining control. michael holms, thank you for your insight. the biden administration bristoling at reminders it vowed