Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return home
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped America’s war effort and have been stuck in Qatar in the hope of reaching the United States, can safely return to Afghanistan. The statement Saturday by foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi comes after reports emerged that the Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send 1,100 Afghans who assisted the U. S. during its war in Afghanistan and relatives of U. S. service members to Congo...
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