expanding to the south. in cases forces have melted away. we heard stories of at hand hard airporter one man who was in kandahar and fled the city, made it here on monday. told me the reasons the forces weren t fighting there is because they were under siege at the airport and they had no supplies. they had no food and water, and it was only a matter of time before they had the give up weapon saw that happen just a day after i spoke to him. in other cases forces have fought enter simply become overwhelmed. there are a lot of issues, we understand, with supply lines and with these afghan forces being able to take on the taliban. so the situation is developing so, so quickly, and it s changing so fast. but really, the key here today, i think, is ghazni.