money over, what do we get for it in return? what we got is a taliban spokesperson telling the world that they're not going to contain isis or al-quaida or any other terrorist organization that is growing by the day and by number every day in that region. so i just -- it's unbelievable. >> trace: isn't that the goal? the concept is to make sure that there's no terrorist attacks planned or put on afghanistan soil. yet we know that they're not going to fight isis and we know they're attached at the hip with al-quaida. so there seems to be more to this picture that we might be missing. >> yeah. we don't really know at this point. i'll tell you, i have attended multiple classified hearings to get information whether it was on the withdrawal of afghanistan, on the vetting of afghan nationals coming to the united states. it's been extremely difficult to get answers, to get to the