on the subcommittee of global counter terrorism for five minutes. thank you for being here today, mr. secretary. we need to look back but we also need to look forward. the reality is, we have a taliban government, terrorists groups surging, potential threats to u.s. interests remain. it s true we re not the world s policeman. we know a strengthens isis-k or al-quaida pose a threat not only to the u.s. homeland but to americans abroad, our interests abroad and the region. the middle east and north africa were fundamentally changed in the aftermath of 9-11. we clearly can t trust the taliban to keep terrorists at bay. so mr. secretary, you traveled to doha to get depp pillowmatic talks with our allies on the counter terrorism role. what do you assess to be the operational capacities of al-quaida in afghanistan and how is the administration planning
0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. we ve been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. with regard to masari shareef. there s been charter flights there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the flights leave. we need to so a process put in place to allow the flights to start to move. we re working on that every day. thank you. i yield back. thank you. mr. secretary, we requested sets of classified briefings not long ago. welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing sometime in the immediate future. yes. absolutely. i now recognize respect b