seeing the children and families coming off with huge smiles warms your heart. joining me now a former nbc correspondent that reported from kabul for years. her novel the secret sky is set in affidavit, atia, i m so glad to welcome you back. as we talk about this new isis threat at the airport, what do you make of that, atia? reporter: thank you for having me. it is a frightening situation for everyone there, americans, afghans and the international community. what is happening right now is what i think many people feared would happen. right now we have been seeing for the last several days the taliban presenting an image of inclusivity and forgiveness, but anyone that knows afghanistan knows that the taliban isn t just one group. as the afghans would say they have many hands. we saw the hakani network now pretty much taking over kabul. for people who don t know who the hakani network are, they re pretty much gangsters aligned
they are appealing, the family, friends and she in this video appealing. this is clearly propaganda, appealing for a prisoner swap for a known taliban prisoners. this was done with bo bergdahl. what would be the objection for president obama? they are pleading with him to do something before he leaves office. what would be the objection to a prisoner swap in this case? i saw the video. it is heart rendering and indicates how despicable the taliban and the hakani network are. we are looking at every means to secure her freedom, the freedom of her children and her husband. they have made demands about releasing terrorist prisoners being held by afghanistan and