Published on
11/06/2026 - 18:01 GMT+2
Europe has no other option than to talk to the Taliban government about returning failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, the EU's migration chief said on Thursday, defending a planned meeting in Brussels that critics say would renege on the bloc's values.
The European Commission has invited Taliban officials for discussions under a push to crack down on irregular migration and boost deportations, despite it not formally recognising the Taliban administration.
"It's no option not to talk to these people in order to improve the situation," Magnus Brunner, the EU's commissioner for migration, told journalists.
