Berlin is seeking a major deal with the Taliban to establish a mechanism for deporting Afghanistanese people back to their country, according to RT. The German government wants deportations to become easier, more frequent and on a larger scale, instead of flights as they are now, and at the same time aim to switch to commercial flights.
Last September, a German Ministry of Home Affairs delegation met with a Taliban representative in Qatar. German media also said that Berlin plans to send more officials to Kabul for further discussions. However, German authorities have not confirmed any official contact with the interim Taliban government and have not commented on the information.
In 2021, Germany imposed a ban on deporting Afghanistanese after the Taliban took power, amid a US forced withdrawal. The ban was lifted last year, but deportation remains restrictive. To date, Duc has only made a few flights, of which 28 were brought back in August 2024 and 81 others in July 2025. All of these cases are convicted criminals.
The decision to reverse the ban on deportation was made after a knife attack at a street festival in Solingen in August 2024, killing three people and injuring eight. A Syrian has been arrested in connection with the incident.
According to data from 2015 to 2024, German police recorded 108,409 serious crimes involving at least one Afghanistanese person. As of the end of 2024, about 461,000 Afghanistanese people are living in Germany, including 347,600 refugees. The BAMF also said about 11,500 Afghanistanans are without permanent residence and subject to deportation.
