{"id":11230,"date":"2026-04-23T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/afghans-in-qatar-relocate-dr-congo-return-taliban-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:30:22","slug":"afghans-in-qatar-relocate-dr-congo-return-taliban-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/afghans-in-qatar-relocate-dr-congo-return-taliban-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Residents in Qatar Face Choice: Relocate to DR Congo or Return to Taliban-Run Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has reported that Afghan residents living in Qatar are confronted with two clear options: relocation to the Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, these individuals, who have been residing in Qatar following the political upheavals in Afghanistan, must decide between resettling in an African country or going back to a nation currently under Taliban control. Details about the exact number of people affected and the timeline for implementing this decision have not yet been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of returning to Afghanistan arises amid the reestablishment of Taliban rule, which has seen widespread restrictions imposed\u2014especially affecting women, civil activists, and some former government employees. Human rights organizations have repeatedly expressed concern about the human rights situation and the lack of security guarantees for those returning.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo, located in central Africa, faces its own economic and security challenges. However, it remains unclear what the living conditions and support measures will be for Afghans relocated there.<\/p>\n<p>This report comes as the fate of thousands of Afghans outside the country remains uncertain, with many awaiting final decisions on their migration cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghans in Qatar must choose between relocation to DR Congo or returning to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan amid ongoing rights concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-migrant-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}