Afghanistan, Jan. 9 -- AfghanEvac says the U.S. government is offering cash to Afghan refugees to abandon resettlement, warning many face serious threats if they return home.
Shawn VanDiver, head of the Afghan refugee advocacy group AfghanEvac, said reports indicate the U.S. government is offering cash to Afghan refugees at the Silia camp to abandon resettlement and return to Afghanistan.
VanDiver warned that many of those refugees would face persecution, violence or death if forced back under Taliban rule.
More than half of the Afghan refugees affected are women and children, according to the statement, raising humanitarian and protection concerns.
The group said the refugees include Afghan prosecutors, lawyers and former U.S. partners...