Afghanistan, Oct. 31 -- The Trump administration is preparing to deport more than 150 Afghans, including relatives of people who served alongside U.S. troops, on a flight to Pakistan that could leave as early as Monday, November 2, with the deportees expected to be sent on to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, The New York Times reported on Friday.
The Times cited three U.S. officials, one of whom put the number of Afghans expected on the flight at more than 150. The date remains provisional. AfghanEvac, an advocacy group for Afghans who helped U.S. forces, had earlier pointed only to the first week of November.
The flight would depart a day before the U.S. midterm elections on November 3. The government has not publicly announced the operation, ...