
Germany deports 81 Afghans, second time since Taliban's return
Germany
deported dozens of Afghan men to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the
Taliban
returned to power and the first since a new government.
German authorities said a flight took off Friday morning carrying 81
Afghans
, all of them men who had had asylum applications rejected. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the
deportation
was carried out with the help of
Qatar
and preceded by weeks of negotiations. He also said there were contacts with Afghanistan, but didn't elaborate. More than 10 months ago.
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