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Top German court says Afghan resettlement pledges cannot be revoked en masse
Germany’s top court ruled on Friday that the government could not simply cancel an entire swathe of resettlement places promised to Afghans, and that each case must be considered individually.
The Constitutional Court backed a complaint by an Afghan mother and her two sons who had been selected in 2021 for admission to Germany under a “human rights list” set up by the previous government after the Islamic Emirate returned to power, Reuters reported.
The decision by the current Interior Ministry to end the scheme in December 2025, voiding about 640 such promises without examining the individual cases, breached a constitutional ban on arbitrary state action, it said.
“Even where the executive enjoys a broad margin of discretion, it is never completely free,” the court wrote.
Once authorities have informed a person that he or she will be admitted, any subsequent reversal must take that individual’s circumstances into account, it added.
The case must now be re-examined by the competent higher administrative court.
The woman and her family are currently staying in Pakistan, where they have been receiving support funded by Germany.
The court ruled that Berlin must continue supporting them in Pakistan until visas are issued or the ministry makes a new decision that is compliant with the constitution.
Nine people have been killed and one injured in flooding across several Afghan provinces over the past 24 hours, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) said on Friday.
ANDMA spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Hamad said the floods affected the provinces of Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Panjshir, Paktia, Paktika, Logar, Ghazni and Maidan Wardak.
According to Hamad, 131 houses were completely destroyed and another 332 were partially damaged by the floods.
He added that the flooding also destroyed crops on 4,810 jeribs of agricultural land.
Authorities said assessments of the damage and relief efforts are ongoing.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has emphasized Tehran’s support for the establishment of a secure and stable Afghanistan with an inclusive government.
Speaking on Friday at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan, Araghchi said developments in Afghanistan remain one of the most important shared security and development issues within the SCO framework.
He added that stability and security in Afghanistan are strategically important not only for the Afghan people but also for all countries in the region, stressing that addressing challenges such as terrorism, extremism, transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, illegal migration, and humanitarian crises requires close cooperation among regional countries.
The Iranian foreign minister said that, given Tehran’s deep historical, cultural, and civilizational ties with the people of Afghanistan, and based on principles of respect for national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of countries, Iran supports any initiative that leads to the creation of “a secure, stable, developed Afghanistan free of terrorism and with an inclusive government.”
Araghchi also called for an end to tensions and conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Iranian officials have repeatedly called for the establishment of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate, however, has said that the current government is inclusive.
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said preventing militant groups from using Afghan territory to launch attacks would create significant opportunities for regional trade, connectivity, and economic development.
Speaking at the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, the Philippines, Dar said militant groups operating from Afghanistan continue to pose a serious security challenge to the region.
“The threat posed by terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil continues to pose a serious security challenge facing our entire region,” he said.
Dar alleged that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) continue to exploit Afghan territory to carry out attacks against Pakistan.
“Pakistan has only one expectation from the Afghan Taliban regime: Do not allow Afghan territory to be used for terrorism against Pakistan or any other neighboring country,” he said.
Dar said that if the Islamic Emirate fulfilled what he described as its repeated commitments to prevent Afghan territory from being used by militant groups, the region stood to benefit from greater economic cooperation.
“If they are able to honor these commitments and fulfill their repeated promises, there will be immense opportunity for trade, connectivity and socio-economic development across South Asia, Central Asia and beyond,” he said.
Addressing fellow participants at the ASEAN Regional Forum, Dar urged member states to support efforts aimed at ensuring that no country’s territory is used to threaten regional peace and security.
The Islamic Emirate has consistently rejected Pakistan’s allegations that militant groups operate from Afghan territory and has repeatedly stated that it will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used to threaten the security of any other country.
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