The United States has moved most of more than 57,000 people it evacuated from Afghanistan to Qatar out of the Gulf state, with some now in the United States while others are being processed in Europe, a US general said on Saturday.
Roughly 124,000 people were evacuated last month from Kabul in a massive US-led airlift of US and other foreign citizens as well as vulnerable Afghans as the Taliban took control there, Reuters reported.
There were now fewer than 1,400 evacuees on the Qatar base, with many scheduled to be flown out soon while a small group needing medical care would remain until they can travel, Brigadier General Gerald Donohue told reporters.
At one point there were over 17,500 evacuees at Qatar's Al Udeid, Donohue said, adding that nine babies were born to evacuees.
Following the scramble to evacuate vulnerable Afghans, thousands of people, some with no documentation or pending US visa applications, others in families with mixed immigration statuses, are now waiting in "transit hubs" in third countries.
Afghans must overcome immigration hurdles to eventually enter the United States.
