future, fareed. what is extraordinary is the lack of response, the military response from the afghan army, but even political response from the afghan government. have we heard anything other than that brief prerecorded message from president ghani or from the defense minister or from the commander of the afghan military? no, that s basically all we heard, a brief message from the defense minister, another brief message from the interim minister, assuring everyone to be calm, that cab y ul is under control. but that is not likely to assuage anyone s fears. we have heard also from the taliban who said we want this to be bloodless, we want this to be peaceful, we will have a blanket amnesty for anyone who puts down their weapons and surrenders. you don t need to leave your homes, you can be assured that we will not harm you, our fighters will not come and take over your businesses or launch searches on your houses. but the feeling now, honestly