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Germany allows Taliban representatives to enter to speed up Afghan deportations

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Germany has authorized a Taliban technical support team to enter the country temporarily to help process deportations to Afghanistan.
  • Berlin says functional Afghan consular services are needed for about 450,000 Afghan nationals in Germany, including to print travel documents.
  • The government described the visit as limited to technical issues and said it aims to increase the number of deportations.

Germany has authorized representatives of the Taliban government to enter the country for a narrowly defined purpose: helping Berlin deport more Afghans.

We have approved the short-term entry of a technical support team.

— German Foreign Ministry spokesmanThe spokesman described the limited authorization at a regular press conference in Berlin.

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the government had approved the short-term entry of a technical support team. The officials are expected to deal only with technical matters, including consular services and the printing of travel documents.

Berlin justified the decision by pointing to the roughly 450,000 Afghan nationals living in Germany. It said Afghan representations abroad need to function properly, particularly to support return operations.

It is in our interest that Afghan representations abroad are able to provide consular services for the approximately 450,000 Afghan nationals in Germany and contribute in particular to return operations.

— German Foreign Ministry spokesmanHe explained why Berlin said the Taliban representatives were needed to support deportations.

The government presented the arrangement as a practical measure to make deportations possible and increase their number. The authorization covers the Taliban representatives’ temporary technical work in Germany.

Increase the number of expulsions to Afghanistan.

— German governmentThe stated objective of allowing the technical team to enter Germany.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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