00:00Well, so we continue to have discussions with Pakistan and Afghanistan to try to find a humanitarian exemption to the
00:08closure of the border.
00:09But yes, indeed, we have had to reroute nutrition commodities that were destined for Pakistan that we first thought we
00:18would take through Iran.
00:19When that then was closed, we had to take it all the way around through Turkey, the Caspian Sea, and
00:24then Turkmenistan.
00:25Obviously, that takes much longer time. It's much more costly.
00:28We anticipate that, you know, should we not have these restrictions on our supply chains, we could help about a
00:35million more people.
00:37So, yes, it is, you know, it takes time. It is cumbersome, but ultimately it impacts how many people we
00:43can serve and how many children and women we can save.
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