have amplified those direct messages on the state department website and on the state department website and on social media. we even made clear that we would help pay for their repatriation. and we have provided most bulky mitigation channels for americans to contact us if they re in afghanistan and wants help in leaving. multiple human occasion channels. the estimates of americans in afghanistan could go up as people respond to our outreach for the first time and it can go down really rich americans we thought were in afghanistan who tell us they have already left. there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enrolled with the embassy who ignored public valuation notices, and have not yet identified themselves to us. we have also found that many people who contact us and identify them selves american citizens, including by filling out as a bidding forms, not in fact american citizens, something that can take some time to verify. some americans may choose to stay in
can take some time to verify. some americans may choose to stay in afghanistan, some who are enrolled and some who are not, this effort does not end on august 31st, it will continue for as long as it takes to help get people out of afghanistan who wish to leave. greg: we can rest easy, everyone. the kinder, gentler taliban is vowing to tackle climate change. we believe the world is a unique opportunity of reproach meant and coming together to tackle the challenges not only facing us about the entire humanity. these challenges ranging from world security and climate change, needing the collective efforts of all and cannot be achieved if we exclude or ignore an entire people who have been devastated by imposed wars in the past four decades. sounds like someone is aiming for a prime time gig on cnn. so, dana, greta thunberg must be
of americans still in afghanistan and want to leave, you start to understand twhie is hard number to pin down at any given moment and why we re refining it. that s also why we continue to be relentless in our outreach. since august 14th, we reached out to every american enrolled with us in afghanistan and multiple times. the phone bank, text bank, writing and responding to e-mails. work around the clock to communication individually with americans on the ground. since august 14th, we sent more than 20,000 e-mails, initiated more than 45,000 phone calls and used other means of
help in leaving. the specific estimated number of americans in afghanistan who want to leave can go up as people respond to our outreach for the first time. and it can go down when we reach americans we thought were in afghanistan who tell us they have already left. there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enrolled with the embassy we have found that many people who contact us and identify themselves as american citizens, including by filling out and submitting repatriation citizen forms are not citizens. some americans may choose to stay in afghanistan. some who are old and some who are not. many are dual who consider afghanistan their home. they have lived there are for decades or want to stay close to
and we provided multiple communication channels for americans to contact us if they are in afghanistan and want hel in leaving. the specific estimated number o americans in afghanistan that want to leave could go up as people respond to our outreach for the first time. and it can go down when you reach americans we thought were in afghanistan that told us they ve already left. there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enrolled with the embassy who have not yet identified themselves to us. we have also found that many people who contact us in identify themselves as american citizens including by filling out repatriation assistant farm are not in fact u.s. citizens something that can take some time to verify. some americans may choose to stay in afghanistan. some who are enrolled, and some who are not bright many of them are dual nationals in they consider afghanistan their home they lived there for decades an