It's very distressing. If I sit back and try to analyze it, you know, it is quite possible that the Taliban consider that they still have an effective government and they can still have a trial in Kandahar,

Quite honestly, it takes a mayor a lot of guts to sit down and do this kind of show. But it's the old get-out-of-the-kitchen-if-you- can't-take-the-heat kind of thing.

Physically it was very draining and hard, and not to have a positive result was quite distressing for some of our team.

We have to do something about what's going on. It's saddening and distressing to me that there's a lot of things that we've done, and the problem is only getting worse. We've got to find new ways of addressing the issue.

The other is that maybe they are going to be pawns for some leverage in political negotiations. I still have hope that the Taliban have kept them safe for over 100 days now and they will continue to do so,

I visited the Taliban embassy this morning and, while they did not come out and say 'yes they're in Kandahar,' they led me to believe that's where they were,