Germany has urged Pakistan to allow back more than 200 Afghans who were recently deported despite being offered refuge in Germany. According to German foreign ministry spokesman Josef Hinterseher, Pakistani authorities arrested around 450 Afghans under Germany’s protection program, with 211 already sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. He added that another 245 Afghans were later released from camps in Pakistan, where they had been held ahead of deportation. The issue highlights growing tensions between Berlin’s commitment to protect at-risk Afghans and Pakistan’s ongoing wave of expulsions.