Germany has deported 81 male asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan, its second deportation since the Taliban regained power there

Germany has deported dozens of Afghans back to Kabul, including sex offenders and violent criminals, as part of an indirect deal with the Taliban.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.But Berlin resumed expulsions last year when the previous government of Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor Olaf Scholz expelled 28 convicted Afghans,