Former prosecutor Khadija Salehi has been waiting for 17 months in Islamabad to be resettled in Germany. Thousands of Afghans who fled the Taliban regime are hoping that the new German government will continue resettlement flights | Photo: DW
Former prosecutor Khadija Salehi has been waiting for 17 months in Islamabad to be resettled in Germany. Thousands of Afghans who fled the Taliban regime are hoping that the new German government will continue resettlement flights | Photo: DW

Around 2,600 Afghans who worked for German organizations before the Taliban took over in 2021 are still in Pakistan, waiting to be admitted to Germany. But their hopes are fading, as the new government wants to suspend programs that promised them an exit route to Germany.

Authors: Khudai Noor Nasar, Paul Jäger

First published: April 29, 2025

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