INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The German federal government stated Monday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will send out two envoys to Germany to assist with
deportations, days after 81 convicted Afghans were sent back to their homeland.The flight on Friday was the second from Germany given that
expulsions to Afghanistan were resumed last year.Germany does not acknowledge the IEA authorities in Afghanistan however does have “&
ldquo; technical contacts” & rdquo; on the deportations, which have been assisted in by Qatar.Government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius
said that throughout the exchanges “& ldquo; it has actually been agreed that 2 representatives of the Afghan administration will be
included” & rdquo; into Afghanistan & rsquo; s objectives in Germany, AFP reported.According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
daily, the 2 envoys will work at the Afghan embassy in Berlin and at the country’& rsquo; s consulate in the western city of Bonn.The IEA
authorities demanded this action in return for making last Friday’& rsquo; s flight possible, the paper reported.Germany stopped
deportations to Afghanistan and closed its embassy in Kabul following the IEA movement’& rsquo; s go back to power in 2021
Nevertheless in 2015 the last German federal government resumed expulsions with a flight in August bring 28 Afghans.Current chancellor
Friedrich Merz has promised to continue deportations, having made a tougher line on immigration a key campaign theme in February’& rsquo;
s basic election.Kornelius said that additional flights were in the offing.“ & ldquo; The government has dedicated to systematic
expulsions of those convicted of crimes and this will not be accomplished with just one flight,” & rdquo; he said.The post IEA to send out
envoys to Germany to deal with deportations initially appeared on TINS News|Afghanistan News.
