U.S. Plans to Complete Resettlement of Afghan Refugees by August
Afghans stand in line at a hygiene distribution center at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia in Dec. 2021.
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The U.S. is hoping to complete in August the resettlement of Afghan refugees stranded by its exit from the country last year as the Taliban surged back to power, a senior State Department official said.
So far, 85,000 Afghan refugees have been resettled in the U.S. and thousands more remain in facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Mexico and other countries, the official told reporters on Friday, asking not to be named.