August 18, 2025
Pakistan deported more than 200 Afghans who have German rehabilitation rights
The German Foreign Ministry said on Monday that 211 Afghans who were approved for rehabilitation in Germany were sent back from Pakistan to Taliban -ruled Afghanistan, where they were living a temporary life.
According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, about 450 Afghans with German entry permits have been expanded in Pakistan in preparation for exile.
For the spokesman person, the German Foreign Ministry is in touch with Pakistani officials to enable 211 people to return to Pakistan.
With the help of a service provider, housing has been arranged for the deported in Afghanistan.
2,000 Afghans, who promise to enter Germany after the Taliban acquisition in August 2021, are still waiting for Germany to leave neighboring Pakistan.
Thesis, including human rights guards, lawyers, teachers or journalists, who are afraid of harassment under the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan.
After the return of the German soldiers, Germany promised Taliban to give shelter to local employees who supported Germany, as well as other Afghans were facing harassment.
Among them, according to the German Interior Ministry, there are about 350 former local employees of German institutions and their families.
For more than a year, Pakistan has been deporting a large number of Afghan refugees. The German government has stopped rehabilitation plans, as it promised to be strict on stay after assuming office earlier this year.
Last week, when asked if people already been sent to Afghanistan are being brought back, German interior Alexander Dobrid said that the thesis was contacted and registering support through the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).
