pulling all u.s. troops, not many left, 2,500, out by september 11th and across the country there has just been a domino effect. more than 50 districts have fallen since may 1 and there is a sense in afghanistan now talking to old friends there, a real demoralization. the fear is that full scale civil war will break out again. i quoted a woman who runs a women s shelter who was just thinking about the women who had fled persecution, taliban battering and, again, these are the women we ve been telling since early 2002 go to school, get jobs these are women hobbled that the united states was bringing a new era to afghanistan, hobbled in it, lived it, and now are literally on the run trying to find someplace that s safe. president ashraf ghani the