additional casualties indeaf niftily in afghanistan, is that that s one way to look at it? that s correct, chairman. you certainly would have to do take additional measures to defend yourself if the taliban recome men sed their defensive operations against us. did the dohar agreement, was there a sense that even though it was months away that the united states was leaving since we had agreed to leave? i will let frank talk to the details. my assessment is yes, senator, it did affect the morale of the afghan security forces. it s my judgment the doha agreement did negatively reflect the performance of the afghan forces that the government of afghanistan was