Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ambassador Sirrs, for appearing before us today and thank you for your service.
Congratulations on your new appointment to Argentina, and thank you for your service in Afghanistan.
You said something in your opening remarks that is somewhat surprising to me. You mentioned that the fall of Kabul on August 15 took you by surprise.
At what point did you realize that Kabul was going to fall? Was it the day or two before, or the day of? When did you realize that the Taliban weren't going to stay outside the capital, that they were going to come in and take it over?