Germany could charter three deportation flights to Afghanistan a month

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21 Jun 2026 • 6:51 PM MYT
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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is planning a significant rise in the number of deportation flights to Afghanistan.

"Three charter flights per month are possible in future," a ministerial spokeswoman told dpa in Berlin following reports in the Sunday press.

"In addition, individual repatriations using commercial flights are possible at all times," the spokeswoman added.

The expansion follows talks between Interior Ministry representatives and the Taliban.

As the German government does not recognize the Taliban authorities in Kabul, the talks are referred to in Germany as taking place at a "technical level."

Germany recently repatriated 32 Afghans by charter flight. The deported included men convicted of crimes, including murder, rape, sexual abuse, child abuse, drug dealing and extortion.

"Those abusing our protection and committing serious crimes here have to seek their futures in their home country," Dobrindt told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.