More than a thousand Afghan refugees living at a former US base in Doha are still awaiting decisions on their future.

Promised resettlement in the US now appears to be impossible for the group because of the Grump administration’s new policies on asylum.

Members of the group have told media outlets s that going back to Afghanistan is not an option because it is too dangerous.

And since the US and Israel began a war with Iran, the evacuees say are not safe where they are either.

“We have been betrayed. Not by the American people, but by those in government who had promised to take us to safety in America,” one woman, who worked as a lawyer in Afghanistan before the Taliban took over the country in 2021, told the BBC.

As-Sayliyah camp – a former US army base – is where thousands of Afghan evacuees were processed for resettlement to the US under Operation Allies Welcome, which was launched by the Biden administration after the return of the Taliban and the chaotic US withdrawal.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced it would close the camp by 31 March and that the evacuees would not be taken to the US, plunging the group into uncertainty.

Their position has become more precarious since Qatar began being hit by Iranian attacks.

“The danger is not directed at Qatar itself; the actual targets are American bases in Qatar one of which is us. The emotional situation of children, pregnant women and the elderly is concerning. People wander about the corridors and cry,” the group said, in a collective message.

They have appealed to US President Donald Trump to make a one-off exception for them due to the volatile situation.

In June, the Trump administration suspended the entry of Afghan nationals into the US as part of a wider travel ban.

And the possibility of an exception for the Afghans became effectively impossible after an Afghan man shot and killed a National Guard member and severely injured another in Washington.

One of the group told the BBC: “I worked honestly and faithfully with the Americans for years. They never saw any betrayal from me. I am under so much stress that it’s made me ill. My wife is also unwell. This is not human rights.”

The evacuees have told media that initially the US state department told them to return to Afghanistan.

Women among the group have said they fear being targeted by the Taliban and forced into servitude.

The US state department has said it is not forcibly returning any evacuees to Afghanistan, but that some have voluntarily returned.

After living through decades of war in their homeland, and having escaped the Taliban reprisals and persecution, the Afghan evacuees are now caught in another nightmare.