The administration of US President Donald Trump is planning to deport migrants from Afghanistan, some of whom worked with the US military and humanitarian organisations during the war.
This is reported by the Associated Press, citing court documents.
According to the outlet, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing charter flights from the city of Alexandria in the state of Louisiana to Pakistan. From there, those deported are to be transported to Afghanistan.
In US court documents, officials confirmed plans to deport at least two Afghan migrants.
Human rights advocates warn that, after returning to Afghanistan, these people could face the risk of persecution by the Taliban. Of particular concern is the fate of those who helped the US military during the country’s long-running military operation.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut criticised the plans.
“We promised our Afghan allies that America would not abandon them after they helped our troops and protected them during the war in Afghanistan. This administration is betraying that promise by deporting them to a place where torture and death may await them,” he wrote.
After Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration suspended the Afghan resettlement programme introduced by the previous administration. It provided a pathway to move to the United States for people who assisted the US military and other bodies during the war.
As a result, thousands of Afghans who had undergone lengthy vetting and were awaiting resettlement were left outside the United States. Some of them are at the US military base Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar.
In September 2026, the Trump administration extended the camp’s operations for a further nine months. More than a thousand Afghans are there, including those who assisted the US military, as well as family members of US service personnel.
- Earlier, media reports said that the Trump administration had reached agreements with a number of African countries to take in migrants deported from the United States.