against that. we have our anti-rocket and mortar system, the gun systems that those of you who have been out there are familiar with effective against these kinds of attacks. we are well positioned around the boundary and feel we would be in good shape should that kind of attack occur. we also know they aim to get a suicide vehicle born suicide attack in if they can from a small vehicle to a large vehicle working all of those options. >> courtney, these threats are active and ongoing. >> reporter: yes, that's right. and general mckenzie put it in very stark terms today saying they expect isis-k to try to continue with these attacks and to try to carry out some more. another thing that we learned today was just how closely the u.s. and the taliban are actually working together. now we knew, alicia, the taliban have created this perimeter around the entire airport. the u.s. military and the americans there are surrounded by the taliban. they've created checkpoints all around. what we learned from general mckenzie, though, as part of these checkpoints, the taliban