Overview
- Fourteen people departed Islamabad on Thursday and are due to arrive in Hannover in the evening after a stopover in Istanbul.
- Kabul Luftbrücke confirmed the journey and said visas were issued only after the families prevailed in German courts through multiple instances.
- The federal government halted the Afghanistan intake program in May but says prior admission pledges remain valid and require security checks.
- This is the fourth such flight since the government change, with arrivals expected to be processed in Friedland before allocation to federal states.
- About 1,900 to 1,910 people holding admission promises remain in Pakistan, and additional families are scheduled to travel on November 4, according to reporting.