The United States is negotiating with third countries to relocate more than 1,100 Afghans stranded at a US-run facility in Qatar and is not forcibly returning anyone to Afghanistan, a senior State Department official told lawmakers on Wednesday.
“We are not forcibly repatriating Afghans to Afghanistan. Some have gone of their own volition, but we are not forcing anybody,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur said at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
