All articles tagged with #afghan evacuees
The State Department is weighing sending more than 1,000 Afghans who aided the U.S. war effort and are held in Qatar to either Afghanistan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite concerns about Congo's humanitarian crisis and questions about vetting; advocates argue these evacuees were thoroughly vetted and deserve U.S. resettlement, while supporters push for congressional action to protect them.
The United States is considering moving Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are in Qatar to a different country as part of ongoing refugee/resettlement planning.
President Trump unilaterally extends the two-week Iran ceasefire until Tehran submits a peace proposal, with Iran’s leadership divided on how to respond and skeptical of the move, complicating any restart of talks. In the US, Virginia voters approved new congressional maps that could help Democrats in November, while the administration weighs resettling up to 1,100 Afghans who aided US forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The briefing also highlights a mass MS-13 trial in El Salvador and other brief geopolitical and domestic stories.