. >> henry hadker, researcher at narif. i wonder if approximate there is a way to involve any other nation, say muslim-type nation, as far as occupying an area. recent reports indicate we don't have sufficient troops to occupy the area we are trying to eliminate the taliban from. >> well, we've had troops from muslim nations there for an extended period of time at different points in time from field hospitals, from jordan and egypt to special operations forces from certain muslim countries to various other capabilities they brought there. there haven't been large numbers of forces from those countrys and there is reluctance on part of the afghans and the part of neighbors and more distance neighbors in the region to participate because of the potential for ethnic connections and getting aligned ethnically. many neighbors around afghanistan have ethnic blocks within afghanistan that see themselves in an association with those neighbors. those perhaps are not useful countrys to have with troops in afghanistan. i think there h