Germany has deported 81 male asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan, its second deportation since the Taliban regained power there.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.But expulsions resumed last year,

In a move sharply criticized by human rights groups, Germany deported 81 Afghans to Kabul on Friday. Gerald Knaus of the European Stability Initiative told DW that, while expelling asylum seekers with rejected claims is legal,