americans and afghans to whom we have a special commitment depart afghanistan if they choose. just as we've done in other countries where we have evacuated our embassy and hundreds or even thousands of americans remain behind. for example, in libya, syria, venezuela, yemen, somalia, there is no deadline to this effort. third, we're focussed on counter-terrorism. taliban's committed to prevent terrorist groups from using afghanistan as a base for external operations that could threaten the united states or our allies including al qaeda and isis-k. we'll hold them accountable for that. that does not mean that we will rely on them. we'll maintain a vigilant effort to monitor threats, robust counter-terrorism capabilities in the rpg to neutralize if necessary. and around the world where we do