fact, this is just the very beginning, the very, very tip of the offensive here or if maybe we're going to see kabul move in a different direction than we've seen some of these other cities. it's also important to point out, you were just mentioning jalalabad. if the taliban moved in, they met virtually no resistance from the afghan military and they were able to take over not only jalalabad but the entire province there right outside of kabul without much fighting. >> and, courtney, is that because the afghan military is trying to protect civilian lives? >> reporter: you know, it's hard to say. i think every single area has been different. every province and every provincial capital have been different. but this may be as much about preservation of civilian lives as it is about preservation of the afghan military who have just really been overrun in some of these places. you know, in some of the cases,