afghanistan you. todd: general tony tata served as general in afghanistan from 2006 to 2007 is the author of chasing the lion. he joins us now to react. general, when you heard this news, what was your reaction? hey, todd, panjshir valley is, you know, has warm place in my heart because when i was the deputy commander there, we could go up there and not wear body armor or helmets. in fact, they would take offense when you did so because it was the most secure place. they were our allies when we first came into the country from the north. the northern alliance would hold up there. and this is complete utter abandonment of our allies. within afghanistan. and it is just shameful what has happened. and with respect to the citizens in masri shareef being held there. i have friends on the ground working from tajikistan trying to help. it s an amaze mall situation right now. it s terrible. because we made a promise and we