withdrawal, should justifiably be criticised. one, the timeline occurred in the middle of the spring offensive. that doesn t make any sense to me, as a former military officer. it happened so close to the september 11 anniversary. but is a huge problem, because, you know, the anniversary will galvanise jihadists everywhere, and synchronised with the defeat of the afghan government, this is certainly going to be celebrated by jihadists everywhere, from afghanistan to the african continent, and that worries me, as a former counterterrorism official. ~ ., ., official. well, we will have to leave it there. official. well, we will have to leave it there. thank - official. well, we will have to leave it there. thank you - official. well, we will have to | leave it there. thank you very much for your analysis.- much for your analysis. thank ou. in other news, there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit haiti on saturday. almost 1,300 people are now k