15 EU states met with the Taliban in Brussels on Tuesday (23 June) to discuss deportations to Afghanistan.
A spokesperson from the European Commission on Tuesday said the meeting had been co-chaired with Sweden. Belgium and the Netherlands were also present.
The commission insists that the meeting primarily concerned returning Afghan nationals with a criminal history and who pose a security threat.
The talks dealt with everything from the identification of returnees, the issuance of travel documents and their return.
But Johannes Luchner, a senior EU commission official who went to Kabul in January, has previously suggested it could also include non-criminal Afghans.
