they want to be in as much as they can. so at the moment, i cannot say anything until daylight. one way or the other, the threat of the attack or the attack itself only makes the mission harder. sam, najabula, i know it s very early in the morning. thank you for being up. stay safe, you and your teams, and thank you. . i want you to catch the documentary, airs october 12th on front line for pbs, covering everything happening on the ground in afghanistan, and again what we re hearing here that, you know, the taliban, oh, they hate isis, they re going to hate isis-k, that s not what he said, and that s not other reports on the ground, and there s understanding that isis-k guys used to be pakistani taliban guys. are they enemies, did they do things to stop today or did they do nothing? he doesn t trust the taliban, but even now, our president is echoing that, and saying the jam we re in is that we do have to rely on the taliban somewhat. is that a tenable position?
not negotiate with. now, you are giving them lists of your own people who want to get through. john harwood, um, the idea of isis-k. one level is going to be whether or not this expressed animosity between the taliban and them is really true because there are reports from the ground there that some suspect that the isis-k guys are in and among, insinuated among the taliban numbers there. but in terms of what the real threat is that s perceived by the white house, are they more worried about the taliban? or isis-k going forward? well, i think for the next five days, they are more worried about isis-k because as the president indicated today and as general mackenzie indicated, as well. the taliban and and u.s. forces have a significant common purpose, which is to get american troops out of there. and the taliban effective ly control the country. that compels cooperation with them. and to the extent that they want