this is secretary ant tony blinken about to begin his testimony on afghanistan. you'll hear the introduction in the background. let's have a listin. >> it took me into a room and tied my hands with a scarf and started beating with me a cable. horror he experienced was hard to fathom. he described being covered in blood after being severely beaten and saw taliban militants abusing prisoners. one of the colleagues said they were mocking us and saying, you want freedom? what freedom. this is not the taliban of 2001. this happened last week. amid the extensive over sight work plans in afghanistan, we must not lose sight of the courageous women that continue to protest in the streets calling for freedom in the face of violence and threats. a repression of the afghan people is happening in realtime and the world must bear witness and hold the taliban