questions for five minutes. the departure from afghanistan provided insight into our foreign policy. in addition to the professionalism of our military, diplomats and afghan partners, it has shown how a 20-year effort and billions of dollars have raised questions about the return of investment we desired. the assumption of power you about the taliban has secretary effects on the most vulnerable seg mment. s segments of the population. and we re concerned it will reverse any gains realized in the last two decades. so my first question, yes or no, mr. secretary, did the agreement from the last administration include any protections for girls and women? not to my knowledge. so many people are concerned about the status of women and
0 legitimizing them as a real government? not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, you re correct. there are flights that have been there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the flights leave. we want to allow the flights to start to move. and we re working on that every day. thank you. i yield back. thank you. mr. secretary. we requested such a classified briefing not too long ago. we welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing sometime in the immediate future. yes. absolutely. and i now recognize representative brad sherman from california for five minutes.