Overview

• The ARD reports a senior Afghan foreign ministry official says the white Islamic Emirate flag will replace the black‑red‑green tricolor at the Berlin mission, which would also be retitled “Embassy of Afghanistan.”
• The German Foreign Office says it has conveyed its expectation that the mission retain the Islamic Republic’s title and insignia, stressing that such plans were not communicated to Berlin.
• A Hamburg international law expert says Germany has little legal basis to block a flag change by a state with which it maintains relations, short of cutting ties or declaring staff persona non grata.
• Berlin maintains it does not recognize the Taliban but has engaged in technical contacts for deportations, accrediting two Taliban‑appointed consular staff; Bonn consulate employees quit in protest, and embassy staff later gained access to the Bonn building, police confirmed.
• The move would fit a broader Taliban push to control Afghan missions abroad, with envoys active in China, Pakistan and the UAE and full recognition from Russia, while German opposition figures press the interior minister over deportation talks described by the government as strictly technical.