US Considers Moving Afghan Allies to Congo, Amid Vetting and Humanitarian Risks
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.