Overview

• Dobrindt said negotiations are very advanced and he expects an agreement soon that would allow regular deportations, including on commercial routes.
• Interior Ministry staff held technical discussions in Kabul last weekend to map out how returns would be organised.
• Human-rights organisations criticised engagement with the unrecognised Taliban, which Dobrindt argued is no different in principle from using a mediator.
• The minister said he is prepared to travel to Kabul if necessary to secure arrangements focused on returning the most serious offenders.
• Germany previously carried out two deportation flights to Afghanistan since 2021 with Qatar mediating, and Dobrindt said he will try a similar approach with Syria.