Afghan passengers sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport on August 16 [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]

UN urges countries to accept Afghan refugees

2021-08-16 15:45 IST

Kosovo, Albania to temporarily host Afghan refugees

Albania and Kosovo has informed that they have accepted a US request to temporarily take in Afghan refugees seeking visas to enter the US,reports Al Jazeera

In Tirana, Prime Minister Edi Rama Rama says US President Joe Biden’s administration has asked fellow NATO member Albania to assess whether it could serve as a transit country for a number of Afghan refugees whose final destination is the US.

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