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BERLIN - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban on receiving Afghan migrants deported from Germany, he told Focus magazine in an interview.

A formal immigration deal with the Taliban, which toppled Afghanistan’s Nato-backed government four years ago, would make Germany the first western government to strike such an agreement.

"The Taliban, when they decide, are firm in their decision," said Ghulam Ali Malikzad, who spoke from Germany, where he sought asylum after the Taliban seized power.

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?

After Munich rampage Taliban offer Germany help with deportations Nachrichten 13.02.2025 20:24 ...

On top of that, the Taliban’s ban on opium production has cost farmers $1.3 billion in income, or 8 percent of Afghanistan’s gross domestic product, the World Bank said.

Women despair over Taliban rules, but many Afghan returnees don’t see it Afghans living abroad are flocking back to visit relatives for the first time since the Taliban takeover. Severe ...

Germany has announced that it is planning to deport more Afghans to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told parliament on October 9 that Afghans convicted of serious ...

On September 25, 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced that they had formally taken steps to call on Afghanistan to cease its violations of the Convention ...

The Taliban could very well try sending their own people to the diplomatic missions in Germany. At a time when the German government is pushing for more deportations to Afghanistan, this would put ...