This this this this. Cobbkabul. There are eight men running. Three considered to be the frontrunners. He holds a ph. D. In cultural an throppology and worked for the world bank for over a decade and dami rasul. The top pick. His running mate for Vice President is a woman. He is also unmarried, which is kind of unusual for a politicians in afghanistan. Abdula abdula ran in 2005, finishing a distant second to a former eye doctor. He has also served with afghanistans foreign minister. Joining us to discuss this is Richard Barrett do any of these bode well in the longterm Security Agreements . All of them are prepared to sign the bilateral Security Agreement with the United States. I think thats generally the position of most politicians in this afghanistan now that they understand there is a need and a continuing need for external support, not just for their forces but also for the economy more generally. So is most of the politicians in afghanistan in favor of this longterm Security Agre