Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has criticized the advance of Germany and five other EU countries, which basically want to continue to hold on to deportations to Afghanistan.
"There is no guarantee that those affected will not fall into the hands of the Taliban," Asselborn told Tagesspiegel.
Given the initiative of Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) and other EU counterparts, he could “just shake his head”.
A discussion about possible deportations was not available at the moment in view of the tense security situation in Afghanistan, Asselborn told the newspaper.
On Tuesday, six EU countries, namely Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Greece, urged the EU to continue deportations to Afghanistan - despite the advance of the radical Islamic Taliban.
On Tuesday, they conquered the eighth provincial capital within a few days.
The Taliban are accused of violating human rights.
CDU MPs divided on possible new use
In view of the speed with which the Taliban are bringing large parts of Afghanistan under their control, international criticism of the withdrawal of NATO troops from the country is growing.
While the CDU foreign politician Norbert Röttgen recently brought another military deployment of the Bundeswehr into play, his parliamentary group colleague Jürgen Hardt thinks nothing of it.
"The main objective of the military operation in 2001 was to prevent Afghanistan from posing a terrorist threat to the world," said the foreign policy spokesman for the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag of the Passauer Neue Presse.
"We have achieved that in the last 20 years."
The goal “that a peaceful, democratic process can be initiated in the long run”, however, had not been achieved. In the event the Taliban seized power across the country, Hardt brought the end of economic and financial aid to Afghanistan into play. "I cannot imagine that we would give a Taliban government that tramples women's rights and disregards human rights, building aid," he said.