keep peace. the concern was war inside a city of 6 million people. we knew if ghani left, the guns would be silent. talks were meant for monday but on sunday the taliban hit kabul's outskirts. they got the final demand to surrender from a man the u.s. wanted as a terrorist, ha halil hakani. he's a long-term taliban negotiator wanted a peaceful transfer of power and the government should issue a statement of surrender, but ghani fled and they said there was no single scapegoat here because the process was never fully controlled by afghans in the first place. so just remember that particular moment, the time the taliban had said to the government, get out of town. that message was delivered by someone very close if not part of al qaeda, a wanted terrorist