what did we learn from that news conference? >> reporter: well, john, it was a pretty emotional news conference because after all, this organization, the international assistance mission, has lost ten really good people and a couple of them very, very experienced. what they described were as they put it, not saints but consummate professionals. many of them had worked for years in this country bringing help. one of the things that they especially do is eye clinics. this group, it was a team that was trekking over 100 miles into very, very dense forest and going to people who got absolutely no health care. and as you said, killed by the taliban. they did want to answer at this news conference some of the allegations by the taliban and other militant groups about being spies, about carrying bibles. the head of the organization, the executive director said absolutely not, they don't carry