The State Department is frantically trying to track down U.S. citizens. Tens of thousands of Afghan allies will all but certainly be left behind. The U.S. was tracking a specific and credible threat from the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Here’s the latest. The resettlement of Afghan allies in the U.S. is revealing an internal divide between the party’s anti-immigrant wing and other conservatives who want to help the refugees. Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer said they could not get answers on the evacuation from the Biden administration, so they went to Afghanistan to see for themselves. Afghan refugees and Americans who recently made it to the Washington area are happy to be in the United States, but they fear for those left behind. Hospitalizations in the state have also nearly tripled in the past month, stretching hospitals to the breaking point. Catch up on Covid-19 news. 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