US lawmakers demand Trump officials halt plan to send Afghans to DRC

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Government urged to reconsider proposal for 1,100 Afghans, currently stranded in Qatar, who worked with US forces

Dozens of US lawmakers urged the Trump administration on Thursday to roll back any plans to ship to unsafe third countries Afghan nationals who worked with US forces during the war in their homeland.

In a letter seen by Reuters, more than 80 House of Representatives members, including at least three Republicans as well as Democrats, appealed to secretary of state Marco Rubio to reconsider plans for 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting relocation.
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