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Dobrindt sends first deportation flight to Afghanistan

A Qatar Airways plane stands ready at Leipzig Airport. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa
A Qatar Airways plane stands ready at Leipzig Airport. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Germany is deporting Afghan nationals to their country of origin for the second time since the Taliban took power in August 2021. As confirmed by a spokeswoman for Alexander Dobrindt's (CSU) Federal Ministry of the Interior, a plane is taking off from Leipzig airport this morning with 81 people on board to return them to their country of origin.

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