to facilitate safe passage to ensure that the taliban know that any effort to impede the evacuation of american citizens, to impede our operations while this this up and running would be met with a swift and severe response. that's our message. that's the message to the world of the world. i can tell you that -- not only the taliban. it's in the interests of every ruling entity the world over to have a functioning economy. to be able to provide for their people, to have a relationship to whatever degree that entails with the rest of the world.