Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany

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Germany’s Interior Minister Merz has made a controversial deal permitting Taliban officials to staff Afghan diplomatic missions in exchange for increased deportations, alarming Afghan dissidents in Germany. The arrangement is influenced by pressure from the German far-right and poses security and political concerns for Afghan expatriates.

Under pressure from the rising far right, Germany is letting Taliban officials staff Afghan missions in exchange for more deportations. Afghan activists say the arrangement puts them at risk.