# 'Quite horrifying': Afghan economic crisis leaves EU deportees with 'very little' to return to

https://mins.news/en/item/105809

- France 24, 2026-10-19 06:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/quite-horrifying-afghan-economic-crisis-leaves-eu-deportees-with-very-little-to-return-to

> Europe’s increasingly pragmatic engagement with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers highlights a contradiction between diplomatic non-recognition and political necessity. European governments are quietly broadening talks with the Taliban on migrant deportations, diplomatic representation and economic aid, meeting far more often than is publicly known, a journalist says.

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