5,000 Afghan Refugees to be taken in by Canada

Canada announced on Tuesday it would take in and resettle some 5,000 Afghan refugees who had been evacuated by the United States after the withdrawal of the last American troops from Kabul.

The 5,000 refugees evacuated by the United States will be resettled as part of a previously announced Canadian plan to take in more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans – including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters – to protect them from Taliban reprisals.

Canada said it hoped to continue to help Afghans who want to resettle as long as the Taliban allow them to leave.

Canada evacuated some 3,700 Afghans from Kabul who had worked with its armed forces in the past. Canada withdrew its last soldiers from Afghanistan seven years ago.