“We hope to build positive momentum to safeguard the consular rights of Afghans residing abroad”

The EU Commission on Monday refused to respond if any of its own delegation would include female staffers in order to conform with male-only events - as per Taliban tradition.

The meeting is expected to focus on ways to deport some Afghan migrants, despite warnings from rights groups that such engagement could put them at risk.

The EU is preparing to host Taliban representatives for the first time since the group's return to power in Afghanistan. #EuropeNews

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A Taliban delegation is expected to fly into Brussels on Tuesday after being granted a one-day visa to hold talks with the EU on returning failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan.

The EU is expected to hold talks on returning failed Afghan asylum-seekers with a Taliban delegation in Brussels Tuesday after Belgium issued one-day visas for the team,…

Brussels to host Taliban for talks on return of Afghans posing security threat in Europe

Cette perspective s'inscrit dans la volonté de l'Union européenne de durcir sa politique migratoire. Ce rendez-vous suscite de vives critiques à gauche et parmi les ONG de défense…

The EU is hosting Taliban officials after Belgium granted temporary visas for talks on returning failed Afghan asylum-seekers. The meeting is one of the bloc's highest-level…

A delegation from the Afghan Taliban is expected to travel to Brussels on Tuesday for talks with European Union officials on migration policy, following the issuance of a one-day…

EU officials face backlash for hosting the Taliban, a regime accused of human rights abuses, including banning girls' education and erasing women from public life.

Rights groups said Tuesday's meeting undercuts the EU’s human rights obligations and could endanger people in Europe and Afghanistan. | World News

Taliban government officials held talks with the EU Tuesday in Brussels about returning failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, in a visit fiercely criticised by rights activists.

A Taliban delegation held talks with the EU in Brussels on Tuesday on stepping up the return of failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, in an unprecedented visit fiercely criticised…

El encuentro a nivel técnico ha abordado, entre otras cosas, la presencia consular, según un portavoz afgano

A Taliban delegation is due to fly into Brussels on Tuesday, having been granted a one-day visa to hold talks with the EU on returning failed asylum seekers to Afghanistan.…

The visit comes as the Taliban seek a larger diplomatic role in Europe

Vertreter der islamistischen Taliban sind erstmals seit ihrer Machtübernahme in Afghanistan von der EU-Kommission zu Gesprächen in Brüssel empfangen worden. Bei dem Austausch auf…

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Taliban government officials held what an Afghan official described as 'constructive' talks with European Union representatives in Brussels on Tuesday,...