Germany says it resumes deportations to Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: Police officers secure the area of an incident, after several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man randomly stabbed passers-by with a knife, at a city festival in Solingen, Germany, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany said it resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country on Friday, as Berlin reverses a policy to hold off on deportations to the Taliban-ruled country.

The coalition government has come under pressure to take a tougher stance on migration after a deadly stabbing linked to Islamic State at a city festival a week ago and after an Afghan man stabbed a German policeman to death in a knife attack in June.