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Afghans stranded by Trump's refugee freeze caught in new war

Season 2026 Episode 53 | 7m 12s

President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. Now, having fled one war, they’re trapped in another and caught in the crosshairs of Iran’s ballistic missile attacks. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports.

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