The source said a deal between the countries is not finalized, but there could be as many as 8,000 Afghans going to Qatar if it is.
The first group of Afghans would head to Qatar "soon" with only 1,000 to 2,000 people entering Doha to start, the source told CNN.
"We are evaluating all available options. We have no announcements to make on third country relocation sites for Afghan SIV applicants," a State Department spokesperson told The Hill in a statement, referring to special immigrant visas.
Bild blasts Germany for "evacuating beer" from Afghanistan
Interestingly, the German government came under fire Tuesday for failing to evacuate Afghan support staff before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and a transitional government was formed.
Germany's bestselling daily, Bild, sharply criticized the government with a story titled "Germany's withdrawal from Afghanistan: Beer and wine were shipped - local staff are still staying," which blamed it for abandoning local Afghan staff who risked their lives for the Germany.
The German army shipped nearly 65,000 cans of beer and 340 bottles of wine to Germany while completing its troop pullout from Afghanistan at the end of June, the daily reported.
But hundreds of Afghan staff and family members were not granted a visa and were not evacuated promptly, although the Taliban made advances across the country.
"Those who worked for many years for Germany and risked their lives are apparently worth less than cans of beer for the federal government," the daily said in a news analysis piece.
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