State Dept. informed congressional staff Thursday that it is in touch with 363 American citizens in Afghanistan, 176 of whom want to leave. That is significantly higher than the estimates of roughly 100 in Aug. which Admin officials regularly cited.
Officials said they have gotten 218 American citizens and 131 legal permanent residents (LPRs) out of Afghanistan since August 31.
Bear in mind that the 363 citizens are separate from those already exfiltrated. That puts the original estimates of “around 100” off by 400%.
