Overview

• At least 211 people holding German admission commitments were deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan in recent days, with aid groups warning of acute risk from the Taliban.
• German diplomatic pressure prompted a temporary halt to further removals and led to the release of about 200 detainees, with taz reporting Pakistani assurances not to proceed before September.
• Roughly 2,000 to 2,400 pledge‑holders remain stranded in Pakistan awaiting visas, and no evacuee flights for these cases have occurred since the government change in spring.
• The Interior Ministry is conducting individual security checks, with critics citing intrusive, repeatedly used interview questions and shortened appeal windows from four to two weeks.
• Administrative courts have ruled multiple times that admission pledges are legally binding, yet ministries continue to block implementation as NGOs file criminal complaints against Alexander Dobrindt and Joachim Wadephul.