A flight has taken off from an airport in eastern Germany deporting individuals to Afghanistan.
A deportation flight to Afghanistan has left Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, the Interior Ministry for the state of Saxony said on Friday.
It is the first deportation of Afghans back to their home country since the Taliban took power in Kabul in August 2021.
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According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, the deportation flight was the result of two months of secret negotiations with mediator Qatar.
Germany does not have any diplomatic relations with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
A political debate over asylum and deportation rules has been brewing in Germany ahead of state elections. »