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Trump Plans to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo: NYT
More than 1,100 Afghans face a March 31 camp closure as officials weigh third-country resettlement or return to Taliban rule.
- The Trump administration is reportedly offering more than 1,100 Afghans at a Qatar base a choice between resettling in the Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, an activist said Tuesday.
- Following a shooting incident in Washington last year where an Afghan with U.S. intelligence ties fatally shot a National Guard member, President Donald Trump halted refugee processing and set a March 31 deadline to close the camp.
- Characterizing the plan as 'voluntary resettlement,' a State Department spokesperson stated that moving the population to a third country is a 'positive resolution' that provides safety for these remaining people to start a new life outside of Afghanistan.
- Democrat Senator Tim Kaine denounced the proposal as 'insane,' arguing the U.S. has an obligation to Afghan allies: 'We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us.'
- AfghanEvac head Shawn VanDiver alleged the administration is effectively forcing refugees back to Afghanistan by proposing relocation to a war-torn country in collapse, stating, 'You do not relocate vetted wartime allies, more than 400 of them children, from American custody into a country in the middle of its own collapse.
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Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says
Hundreds of Afghan refugees who helped the United States fight the Taliban may be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo after the Trump administration halted their U.S. resettlement, an advocacy group said
1100 former allies of the USA have been stuck in Qatar for almost five years. Now they are to be put before the election: back to Afghanistan or the departure to the Democratic Republic of Congo. A US senator is horrified.
U.S. tells Afghan allies either return to Taliban-run home or go to DR Congo: veteran
The United States is looking to give former Afghan allies stuck in Qatar a choice between emigrating to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to their Taliban-ruled homeland, an activist said Tuesday.
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US tells Afghans to choose Taliban home or DR Congo: activist
The United States is looking to give former Afghan allies stuck in Qatar a choice between emigrating to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to their Taliban-ruled homeland, an activist said Tuesday.
Trump officials consider sending 1,100 Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
Discussions reportedly come after Trump’s decision to stop initiative that allowed group to apply to resettle in the US The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send up to 1,100 Afghans who helped US forces during the war in Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a…
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