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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio and Alex Woodward

Trump could send 1,100 Afghans who helped in the War on Terror to African nation: report

Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort between 2001 and 2021 could be forced to choose between going back to a Taliban-run Afghanistan or moving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is facing one of “the most complex humanitarian crises” worldwide.

The group of Afghans, some of whom worked as interpreters for the U.S. military or are former members of the Afghan Special Operations forces, and their families have been living in Qatar while trying to obtain U.S. visas after the Fall of Kabul in 2021.

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