{"id":131978,"date":"2026-08-26T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131978"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:57:00","slug":"germany-deports-23-afghans-to-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131978\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany deports 23 Afghans to Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BERLIN(National Times)- Germany deported 23 Afghan men on a Kabul-bound charter flight on Tuesday, with the government saying most of those aboard were offenders convicted of violent crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video published by Bild daily showed the men entering a plane at Leipzig airport before dawn, as se\u00ad\u00adv\u00ad\u00ad\u00aderal protesters in the terminal held up a banner th\u00ad\u00adat read \u201cStop Deport\u00adations \u2014 Refugees Welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany has accepted millions of refugees and asylum seekers since 2015, but Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to reverse the trend and stepped up border checks and deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding Afghans, Berlin has prioritised deporting criminal offenders, but in July sent back a first Afghan citizen without a criminal record whose asylum application had been rejected. \u201cThis morning, 23 Afghan men required to leave the country were deported to Kabul on a charter flight,\u201d the interior ministry said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe individuals are largely offenders convicted of serious crimes, including sexual offences and causing bodily injury.\u201d An interior ministry spokesman said that all of the men deported on Tuesday had \u201ccome to the attention of the criminal justice system here\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN(National Times)- Germany deported 23 Afghan men on a Kabul-bound charter flight on Tuesday, with the government saying most of those aboard were offenders convicted of violent crimes. 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