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.

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.

Trump has blocked virtually all paths to the U.S. for Afghan allies, more than 190,000 of whom were resettled in the U.S. from August 2021 until mid-2025. Afghan allies and their family members have been detained by U.S. immigration officials, with one of them dying last month after less than 24 hours in custody. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the death of Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was being investigated.)”

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