Because of the demand for more diplomats in Germany: Taliban have canceled planned deportation to Kabul

According to reports, it was clear some time before the planned flight date that the deportation would not take place. The federal states had not yet sent anyone obliged to leave the country to the airport. The “Tagesschau” first reported on the canceled charter flight after research by NDR.

Taliban want to send more diplomats to Germany

According to information from the German Press Agency, the flight was canceled after the militant Islamist de facto rulers in Kabul had shown dissatisfaction about them from their point of view Lack of willingness to talk on the part of representatives of the Foreign Office.

The Taliban are particularly interested in to send more diplomats to the Afghan representations in Germany. When asked whether the Taliban linked their willingness to cooperate with deportations to the sending of additional diplomats, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said that he could not provide any details of discussions that were being held, for example by the Foreign Office or the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

Im August 2024 became for the first time Since the Taliban came to power, 28 male criminals have been sent from Leipzig with Qatari help deported to Kabul. There are now also deportations to Afghanistan organized by Germany itself again – both individual deportations by scheduled flights and collective charters.

Critics complain about the government’s double standards

Critics complain that the federal government is attacking the Taliban because of their Human rights violation – in particular what concerns women – does not recognize it, but at the same time makes practical concessions to enable deportations. This includes permission to send individual diplomats to the Afghan representations in Germany, where previously only diplomats who had been sent there by the previous government had worked.

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) declared in 2025: “Criminals and dangerous people must first be given priority.” However, that does not mean that the deportations will be limited exclusively to these two groups in the future. (dpa)