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Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany
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POLITICO
Under pressure from the rising far right, Germany is letting Taliban officials staff Afghan missions in exchange for more deportations.
Under the new deal, Germany has expanded deportations to include not only Afghan men convicted of crimes, but also, more broadly, Afghan men with no protected status or legal right to remain in Germany.
Paryani and others fear they will have to face the Taliban when attempting to renew their Afghan passports — which they need to extend their humanitarian visas — at Afghan diplomatic missions.
Afghan activists speak at a protest camp at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz on August 15, 2025, the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
Taliban officials also held talks focused on deportations with the EU Commission in June in Brussels.