Rubio Tells Senate Trump Admin Seeking Third Countries for Stranded Afghans, Rules Out Forced Return to Taliban
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the administration has contacted at least five nations willing to accept more than 1,100 Afghans at Camp As Sayliyah.
foxnews.comU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 2 that the Trump administration does not want to force Afghans held at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar to return to Afghanistan. Rubio said the administration has spoken with at least five countries that are open to receiving the stranded Afghans.
C. S. Army base since at least early 2025.
U.S. military. Al-Monitor reported that Rubio made the statements during the June 2 hearing.
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