Germany and Netherlands It has been stated that as the Taliban advance rapidly in the north of the country, they have stopped forcibly repatriating Afghan immigrants because of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.
“Due to the development of the current security situation, the Minister of the Interior decided to suspend the deportation to Afghanistan For the time being,” Steve Oort, a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry, wrote on Twitter.
Also in The Hague, Ankie Broekers-Knol, the Secretary of State for Justice and Security of the Netherlands, announced a “suspended [deportation] Decision and departure.” She wrote in a letter to the Dutch parliament that the suspension “will apply for six months and will apply to foreign nationals of Afghan nationality”.
The actions of the Germans and Dutch on Wednesday marked a sharp U-turn from their previous positions. Officials did not say until Tuesday that the governments of both countries, together with the governments of Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Greece, wrote to the EU executive agencies saying that if their asylum applications fail, they should be allowed to continue deporting Afghan immigrants.
Afghanistan in July urged the EU to stop the forced deportation as a security force for three months Against the Taliban offensive Before the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan on August 31.
In recent days, hardline Islamists have made great progress in the north, occupying Kunduz – Until the end of June, German soldiers had been deployed for ten years.
German Defense Minister Annegrett Kramp-Karenbauer expressed disappointment at developments on Monday. She tweeted: “Reports from Kunduz and all over Afghanistan are painful and hurtful.”
Northern Afghanistan has long been considered an anti-Taliban stronghold, having the strongest resistance to militant rule in the 1990s.
