precluded traveling last week. we will continue to help 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've evacuated our embassy and hundreds or even thousands of americans remained behind. in libya, syria, venezuela, yemen, somalia. there is no deadline to this effort. third, we're focused on counter terrorism. taliban committed they will not let terrorist groups including al qaeda and isis-k. we'll hold them accountable for that. that does not mean we'll rely on them. we'll maintain a vigilant effort to monitor threats, robust counter terrorism capabilities in the region to neutralize those threats if necessary. and as we do in places around