Afghanistan

Beth Bailey | 1.22.2026 12:41 PM

In just two months, the approximately 1,100 Afghan residents of Camp As-Sayliyah (CAS) in Doha, Qatar, will be relocated off base. Residents awaiting processing for stalled U.S. refugee and visa programs still do not know which country they will call their next home.

The State Department Office of Press Operations confirms that Afghans will be relocated from CAS by March 31 and that the site will "fully demobilize" by the end of the fiscal year. The office tells Reason that the CAS platform "is a legacy of the Biden Administration's attempt to move as many Afghans to America as possible—in many cases, without proper vetting."   

The State Department says that "the Trump Administration has no plans to send these people back to Afghanistan," but claimed that "it is not appropriate or humane to keep this group of individuals on the platform indefinitely." It further asserts that "moving the CAS population 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."

Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, says the claim that CAS is a product of improper vetting is false. "The United States government made........

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