The office has been ordered to draw up plans to shut down, which could strand more than 250,000 Afghans, including some who worked for the U.S. military.

The Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts, CARE, was set up during the chaotic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 as a temporary effort to relocate to the U.S. Afghans at risk of Taliban retaliation because they worked for the U.S. government during the war.