Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says

Hundreds of Afghan refugees who helped the United States fight the Taliban may be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo after the Trump administration halted their U.S. resettlement, an advocacy group said.

Shawn VanDiver, president of San Diego-based advocacy group AfghanEvac, said he had been briefed on the DRC plan by multiple officials with direct knowledge of it who work either at the State Department or in close coordination with it.

The Trump administration plan was first reported by The New York Times.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, a Central African country where the Afghans have no ties, is experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with more than 600,000 refugees there already after decades of armed conflict.

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