Shafaqna English- Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals back to their home country for first time since 2021 Taliban takeover.
“These were Afghan nationals, all of whom were convicted criminals who had no right to stay in Germany and against whom deportation orders had been issued,” German’s Government Spokesman Stefan Hebestreit said on Friday (30 Aug 2024).
The Qatar Airways charter jet carrying the deportees departed for Kabul at 6:56am (04:56 GMT), according to the Ministry of Interior in the eastern state of Saxony.
The men had been brought from across the country to Leipzig for the flight. Sources confirmed to the German news agency dpa that all the Afghan citizens on board the flight were men.
The deportations to Afghanistan have long been criticised by rights groups amid widespread human rights abuses there.