A Taliban delegation held closed-door talks in Brussels with EU officials and 15 member states on diplomatic services and Afghan returns. The meeting exposed Europe's push for tougher deportations even as rights groups warned against legitimising Taliban rule.

The EU said the meeting is to facilitate easier repatriation of failed asylum seekers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An Afghan Taliban delegation met EU officials ‌in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time, an event rights groups denounced as legitimising the Islamists but the EU has defended as a step towards making it easier to repatriate failed asylum seekers. The EU and ‌its member countries have not recognized…

A delegation from the Afghan Taliban met Tuesday with European Union staff in Brussels for closed-door talks that focused on diplomatic services and the "dignified returns" of Afghans to the

A Taliban delegation is in Brussels for talks with the European Union, focusing on deportations, according to a Taliban official.

A delegation from the Afghan Taliban is expected to travel to Brussels on Tuesday for talks with European Union officials on migration policy, following the issuance of a one-day visa by Belgian authorities. The discussions are centered on the return of Afghan nationals whose asylum applications in Europe have been rejected.

A Dutch government official is taking part in talks between the European Commission and the Taliban, according to sources cited after reporting by de Volkskrant. The discussions are being held at the administrative level and focus on the possible return of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan. A Taliban delegation travelled to Brussels on Tuesday for the consultations, as previously reported by multiple media outlets.

Officials from Afghanistan's Taliban rulers held talks in Brussels for the first time on the repatriation of Afghans despite sharp criticism from rights groups that the European Union was legitimizing the hard-liners amid continued signs they are cracking down further on women.