largest organization for women in afghanistan. she joins us from new york city. thank you so much. give us a sense on the ground for civilians in afghanistan right now? >> well, as you heard, the taliban are making rapid advances across afghanistan and have captured at least 15 cities. have effectively surrounded kabul. and it sounds like there's a question of whether a deal could be worked out in kabul. it has happened in a lot of other cities that have been taken in the past week. that's not to say there isn't heavy fighting in certain places. there certainly was in helmand and lashkar gah and fighting there is the possibility that kabul will either experience heavy fighting or that the leaders will work something out. and we know that war is unfair