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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Trump officials consider sending 1,100 Afghans who aided US forces to Congo

people stand in line in front of a plane
Afghans prepare to to be evacuated aboard a Qatari transport plane, at Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 18 August 2021. Photograph: AP

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 non-profit confirmed on Tuesday.

The resettlement talks, first reported by the New York Times, come after Donald Trump’s decision to stop an initiative that allowed Afghans who assisted US war efforts to apply to resettle in the US.

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