Democrats, Republicans ask Trump administration not to ship Afghan allies to unsafe countries

“By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. lawmakers urged President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to roll back any plans to ship to unsafe third countries Afghan nationals who worked with U.S. forces during the war in their homeland. In a letter seen by Reuters, more than 80 House of Representatives members, including at least three Republicans as well as Democrats, appealed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reconsider plans for 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting relocation.

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