Afghans in Qatar

Afghans in Qatar
Total population
6,000 (estimate)[1]
Languages
Arabic · Dari · Pashto
Religion
Islam

Afghans in Qatar are part of the larger Afghan diaspora around the world. They are citizens of Afghanistan residing in Qatar. According to latest reports, their total population is around 6,000 individuals. Of these, approximately 4,900 are registered workers and 1,100 are Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants hoping to be relocated to the United States.[2][3][1][4][5]

In 2012, the Afghan Embassy in Doha had statistics putting the number of Afghans in Qatar at around 2,600. It was strangely claimed that about 1,000 of them had Pakistani passports.[6] After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, Qatar took in a number of Afghan refugees and SIV applicants. Many of them received education at the Doha campus-in-exile of the American University of Afghanistan.[7][8] They were processed by U.S. agencies and housed in Doha.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 Afghans Who Helped U.S. Forces Say They're Being Pushed Back to the Taliban, The New York Times, April 23, 2026, retrieved 2026-05-10
  2. ↑ Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar, official says, Euronews, 13 August 2025, retrieved 2026-05-10
  3. ↑ The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan, Associated Press, July 29, 2025, retrieved 2026-05-10
  4. ↑ Qatar Urges US to Relocate Afghan Refugees by 2026, Tolo News, 9 May 2026, retrieved 2026-05-10
  5. ↑ Alvarez, Priscilla; Britzky, Haley; Hansler, Jennifer (2025-01-27). "Thousands of Afghans who helped the US lose access to critical resources following Trump directives". CNN. Archived from the original on March 10, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Kabul looks to Qatar support at aid meet". Archived from the original on 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  7. ↑ Baker, Aryn (2025-03-30). "'They Will Label Us as Spies': The Afghan Students Abandoned by America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 1, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  8. ↑ "Afghan evacuees prefer life in Qatar to Taliban rule". France 24. 2022-03-04. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  9. ↑ Montoya-Galvez, Camilo (2022-02-08). "U.S. setting up expedited processing hub in Qatar for some at-risk Afghans". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  10. ↑ Crane, Emily (2021-08-20). "Where are Afghan refugees who were evacuated being taken?". New York Post. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved 2025-04-01.


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