ramiz alakbarov is the united nations secretary—general�*s deputy special representative for afghanistanning us. it does feel in many ways, and would you say it is fair to say, that afghanistan is in survival mode? thank you for having me today, and indeed it has been a difficult year for the people of afghanistan. they were in survival mode. half of the population were starving this winter. thanks to the efforts of our partners, the world food programme, unicef, largely starvation was avoided. right now 19 plus million people are in my nutrition stage, and more than 6 million people are actually in aik great malnutrition. —— in my nutrition. it has been difficult. -- in my nutrition. it has been difficult. ., ., , ., -- in my nutrition. it has been difficult. ., ., ., ,, ,, difficult. how do you assess the taliban because _ difficult. how do you assess the taliban because my— difficult. how do you assess the taliban because my transition i difficult. how do you assess the i taliban because my transition from insurgency to government? are they showing that they understand what it means t