一个倡导组织本周表示，在唐纳德·特朗普总统停止他们在美国的定居后，数百名在美国反恐战争中帮助过美国的阿富汗人可能会被送往刚果民主共和国。
倡导组织#AfghanEvac的创始人兼总裁肖恩·范德维尔(Shawn VanDiver)表示，多名官员向他简要介绍了特朗普政府的计划，该计划是由《纽约时报》首先报道的。
这1100名阿富汗人包括翻译和美国军人的亲属，包括400多名儿童和数百名妇女。他们目前被美国关押在卡塔尔多哈由美国管理的运输设施.
范德比尔特说，他对政府计划的理解是，阿富汗人可以选择自愿在刚果重新定居，或者返回阿富汗，他说，在那里他们可能会成为塔利班部队的目标。
白宫没有回应置评请求。
“刚果民主共和国不是一个负责任的选择，”范德维尔在周三的一次简报会上说。“当两个选择是刚果和塔利班时，你不能说选择是自愿的。内战，或者一个想杀你的压迫者。”
刚果正在经历世界上最严重的人道主义危机之一，武装组织争夺领土，数百万人流离失所。根据联合国难民署的数据，截至2025年9月，有820万人流离失所，预计到今年年底这一数字将达到900万。
范德维尔说，刚果已经收容了60多万难民，并处于活跃的武装冲突中，这被认为是一个不安全或不合适的重新安置选择。
“这不是他们试图重新安置1100名阿富汗人。这是他们试图将1100名阿富汗人送回阿富汗，其中大部分是妇女和儿童，塔利班在那里杀害与美国有服务关系的人，并利用刚果民主共和国作为掩护，让他们这样做，”他说。
“你不能通过把世界第一大难民危机变成世界第二大难民危机来解决它，”他补充道。
美国国务院发言人表示，该机构正在继续努力确定阿富汗人自愿重新安置的选择，但拒绝透露正在进行的谈判的任何细节。
一名发言人说，“我们仍在就安置工作与居民保持定期和直接的沟通，”并补充说，将阿富汗人转移到第三国是一个“积极的解决方案，为这些剩余的人提供安全，让他们在阿富汗以外开始新的生活，同时维护美国人民的安全和保障。”
#AfghanEvac表示，在美国现代移民史上最严格的审查框架下，超过19万名为美国战争服务的阿富汗人已经在美国合法定居。等待重新安置的1 100名阿富汗人也在同一框架下接受审查。
政府公布的计划遭到退伍军人、议员和阿富汗社区的强烈反对，他们认为这违反了人道主义原则和国家安全利益。
倡导者说，阿富汗人已经接受了严格的审查，并呼吁国会干预，将他们带到美国。
特朗普政府去年暂停了阿富汗重新安置计划，作为一系列打击移民的行政命令的一部分。
Trump administration may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
Hundreds of Afghans who helped the United States during its war on terror may be sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after President Donald Trump halted their U.S. settlement, an advocacy group said this week.
Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of the advocacy group #AfghanEvac, said he had been briefed by multiple officials on the Trump administration's plan, which was first reported by The New York Times.
The 1,100 Afghans consist of interpreters as well as relatives of U.S. military members, including more than 400 children and hundreds of women. They are currently in U.S. custody at aU.S.-managed transit facility in Doha, Qatar.
VanDiver said his understanding of the administration's plan is that the Afghans will be given the choice to voluntarily resettle in Congo or move back to Afghanistan where, he said, they could be targeted by Taliban forces.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
"The DRC is not a responsible option," VanDiver said during a briefing Wednesday. "You cannot call a choice voluntary when the two options are the Congo and the Taliban. Civil War, or an oppressor who wants to kill you."
Congo is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises as armed groups fight over territory, with millions of people displaced. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, 8.2 million people were displaced as of September 2025, with the number expected to reach 9 million by the end of the year.
Congo, already hosting over 600,000 refugees and in an active armed conflict, is not considered a safe or suitable resettlement option, VanDiver said.
"This is not them trying to resettle 1,100 Afghans. This is them trying to send 1,100 Afghans back to Afghanistan, mostly women and children, where the Taliban has a documented record of killing people with U.S. service ties and using the Democratic Republic of Congo as the cover that lets them do it," he said.
"You do not solve the world's No. 1 refugee crisis by dumping it into the world's No. 2 refugee crisis," he added.
A spokesperson at the State Department said the agency is continuing to work to identify options for the voluntary resettlement of Afghans but declined to disclose any details regarding the ongoing negotiations.
"We remain in regular and direct communication with residents on resettlement efforts," a spokesperson said, adding that moving the Afghans to a third country is a "positive resolution that provides safety for these remaining people to start a new life outside of Afghanistan while upholding the safety and security of the American people."
More than 190,000 Afghans who served the American war effort have already been resettled in the U.S. lawfully under the most rigorous vetting framework in modern U.S. immigration history, according to #AfghanEvac. The 1,100 Afghans awaiting resettlement were vetted under that same framework.
The administration's reported plan is facing fierce opposition from veterans, lawmakers, and the Afghan community, who argue it violates humanitarian principles and national security interests.
Advocates say the Afghans have already undergone rigorous vetting and called for Congress to intervene and bring them to the U.S.
The Trump administration paused the Afghan resettlement program last year as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
