officials here. so this is a remarkable logistical achievement set against this background of extraordinary negotiations between the united states and the taliban. the two leading belligerents up until the taliban conquest of kabul with the exception, of course, of the afghan government itself. with high-level meeting now that we're going to hear more about with your guest just now, and ongoing fire fights. last night until about 5:00 this morning from about 4:00 to 5:00, just off to the west here, there was very heavy exchange of small arms and medium-size weapons fire. went on for a long time. we don't know who was involved in that. we are also getting reports on the ground that the taliban have arrested five suspected isis members who were believed or alleged to have been filming possible targets in the capital city. and we are now seeing massive crowds of people trying to get to the qatari embassy downtown.