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