i just want to know whether when you hear those like ahmad massoud who are still committed to the fightuess it's not that... i guess it's... first of all, the political opposition of any sort does not really have the space that they require. remember, taliban as a fighting group had their office in doha in 2011, right? the political opposition does not have, including women's movements. we have tried to convince the world, including the muslim world, non—muslim world, to allow us to have an office for women to represent their desires, their country, have an identity, that was not allowed. so i think it's not even about supporting the political opposition or the military opposition. some people are pushed to make harder choices. it's the ground reality. the former security forces in afghanistan are arbitrarily detained. they are arrested. they are killed. targeted killing. and they have no other choice but to make harder choices. it's not even about me supporting them or not. the reality is that they are pushed to the mountains so they have no other choice. but when it comes to the polit

great having ahmad massoud here. >> have the head of foreign relations for the national resistance front of afghanistan. assuming the position after the taliban rose to power in 2021. he worked as a liaison between the various resistance groups and international organizations facilitating agents -- aid and support for those fighting the taliban. and we have the ambassador of afghanistan to sri lanka and an adjunct professor at the georgetown university school of public service who most recently started a think tank called the world in 2050 and he's a senior fellow there. before that he was at the director of policy and strategy for foreign affairs of afghanistan 2015-2018 and luke coffey a senior fellow at hud said with an extensive body of work through central asia and throughout. he recently published "why the u.s. should support the national resistance front and afghanistan.". i encourage you want to pick out a coffee. it -- pick out a copy. before we start, we will have some remarks sharing what we should all know. >> first and foremost i want to thank the hudson institute for hostin