Hundreds of Afghan refugees stranded at Doha camp under Iran missile threat

Hundreds of Afghan refugees remain stranded at a U.S. base in Qatar, where they are now living under the threat of Iranian missile attacks after being evacuated there following the Kabul collapse.

ABC News reported that many of them are women and children living in worsening conditions. Residents of Camp As Sayliyah told ABC they had little protection during the early weeks of the war and were forced to shelter inside buildings as missile fragments reportedly fell into living areas, including rooms where children were present.

Advocacy group AfghanEvac says many of the refugees had already been cleared for relocation to the United States, but their resettlement stalled after the Trump administration froze parts of the process. Reuters previously reported that more than 1,100 Afghans had remained at the former U.S. base in Qatar while Washington explored other options, including repatriation or transfer to third countries.

Refugees in the camp say they still do not know where they will be sent or when they will leave, despite U.S. assurances that concerns are being addressed and that transfers are planned before the end of March.

Many of those stranded are former U.S. partners or family members of people linked to the American mission in Afghanistan, and they say they were promised safety but now find themselves trapped in the middle of another war.

The humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the wider Iran war continues to reshape diplomacy across the region, with Washington trying to open a path toward ending the conflict through indirect contacts. Reports this week said the United States sent Tehran a 15-point proposal through Pakistan, seeking a possible framework for de-escalation.

At the same time, diplomatic maneuvering appeared to intensify after reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf were temporarily excluded from a U.S.-Israeli target list to preserve space for possible high-level talks. Iran, however, later rejected the initial U.S. proposal and set its own conditions for ending the war.

For the Afghan families in Qatar, those broader negotiations remain distant, while the immediate reality is continued fear, uncertainty, and the risk of being forgotten in a conflict not of their making.

Unless urgent relocation happens soon, the refugees’ situation is likely to remain both a humanitarian and political embarrassment for Washington as regional tensions continue to rise.

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