US in talks to resettle 1,100 Afghans in Congo, group says

Special Immigrants from Afghanistan walk through the in-processing building after their evacuation at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, August 20, 2021.

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The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghanistans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting US visas, according to an advocacy organisation that works on their behalf.

The discussions underscore the legal hurdles facing Afghans who fled the Taliban after US immigrant visa processing for Afghan nationals was effectively halted, leaving them in limbo more than four years after the US withdrawal from Kabul.