Taliban spokesperson celebrates visit to Brussels as a ‘trust-building’ exercise with EU member states

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

BRUSSELS: Belgium said on Monday it had issued five visas to a Taliban delegation to attend an EU meeting on migration in Brussels, in what would be the first time the EU has…

A Taliban delegation has met in Brussels with European Union staff for closed-door talks focusing on deportations, according to a Taliban official.

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

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…

Afghans make up one of the largest groups of migrants seeking asylum in the European Union

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…

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

Rights campaigners and MEPs say meeting would normalise regime that erases women from public life

Trotz andauernder Menschenrechtsverletzungen der Taliban ist es zu einem umstrittenen Treffen der Terrororganisation und der EU-Kommission in Brüssel gekommen. Ziel der Gespräche…

By Amina Ismail and Inti LandauroBRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - A delegation from Afghanistan's Taliban met on Tuesday with EU officials in Brussels for the first time, an event…

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

EU officials and Taliban representatives held a technical meeting in Brussels to discuss the return of Afghan nationals in a fresh attempt to ramp up repatriations of migrants…

The EU Commission insisted that the meeting primarily concerned returning Afghan nationals with a criminal history and who pose a security threat. But refused to provide any…

Officials from Afghanistan's Taliban rulers held talks in Brussels for the first time on the repatriation of Afghans despite sharp criticism from rights groups that the European…