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2026-10-01 Arabia
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US Extends Qatar Camp Housing More Than 1,000 Afghan Allies for Nine Months
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Just checking in to see how they’re holding up. [KhaamaPress] The United States will extend the operation of Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
for another nine months, delaying the planned closure of a facility housing more than 1,000 Afghans who supported the U.S. war effort or are family members of American service members, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported, citing U.S. officials.
Two U.S. officials told AP that Secretary of State Marco Rubio
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration...
is expected to approve the extension. The camp had been scheduled to close on Wednesday, September 30, leaving its Afghan residents facing uncertainty over their future destination.
About 1,039 Afghan allies and family members are currently at the camp, according to AfghanEvac, which has tracked the population. The organization says about 752 residents are women and kiddies, while around 150 are immediate family members of active-duty or recently separated U.S. service members.
Many of the Afghan residents were evacuated after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and had worked with U.S. forces, including as interpreters and in other supporting roles. AfghanEvac says the residents were vetted before being transported to Qatar and had been expected to continue through relocation pathways to the United States.
The nine-month extension does not resolve the residents’ long-term status or guarantee admission to the United States. AP reported that the administration has been seeking third countries willing to accept some of the Afghans, while no final destination plan has been announced. The Democratic Republic of the Congo
 ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo , which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
has previously been reported as one of the countries considered for possible third-country transfers.
The Trump administration suspended the broader Afghan refugee resettlement program after returning to office, significantly limiting pathways for Afghans awaiting relocation. AfghanEvac says only a small number of Afghans have entered the United States through refugee admissions since the administration’s policy changes.
Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac, welcomed the extension as temporary relief for residents who had faced the possibility of the camp closing without a clear destination. He has also called for a permanent solution rather than keeping Afghan families in temporary accommodation for additional months.
The U.S. State Department has said it is working toward a safe resolution for the residents while discussions over relocation continue. For the Afghans remaining at Camp As Sayliyah, however, the extension primarily postpones the closure deadline while leaving the central question, where they will ultimately be allowed to live unresolved.
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