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The German Interior Ministry on Friday confirmed it sent 81 Afghan nationals back to their home country on board a flight from Leipzig airport.
It was the first flight conducted by the new German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The government has said it aims to deport more people to Afghanistan after having held talks with the Taliban government, which Berlin does not officially recognize.
The passengers were said to be individuals whose asylum claims had been rejected and who had committed criminal offenses in Germany.
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