Germany weighs fate of Afghans in Pakistan as deportations intensify


FILE PHOTO: German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt attends a cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government is reviewing whether Afghans stranded in Pakistan while awaiting resettlement in Germany will indeed be allowed to go there, its interior minister said on Thursday, as Islamabad intensifies deportations of Afghans.

Pakistan has begun to deport documented Afghan refugees ahead of its September 1 deadline for them to leave, according to the United Nations, a step that could see more than 1 million Afghans expelled from the country.

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