Afghanistan, April 9 -- The United States is negotiating with several countries to relocate more than 1,100 Afghan evacuees stranded in Qatar, after plans to move them to America stalled under tightened U.S. immigration restrictions.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington has opened talks with at least three countries; two in sub-Saharan Africa and one in Southeast Asia, as it seeks to close the costly transit facility where the Afghans have been left in limbo.
The evacuees are being housed at Camp As Sayliyah near Doha, a former U.S. military facility that was originally intended as a temporary transit point after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The camp is costing more than $10 million a month to operate, and Qatari offic...