Pakistan has said it is now in open war with Afghanistan's Taliban government as explosions were reported in Kabul and fighting continues in other locations along the border. Pakistan says it has also attacked Kandahar and Paktika inside Afghanistan. The declaration on Friday comes hours after Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghanistan was carrying out large-scale offensive operations against the Pakistani military along the Durand Line which separates the two countries.
Of these, 3,678 of them have already gone back to their home country. For German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, this is proof of the migration policy that he has been promoting: "Those who have no prospect of staying receive targeted support for their voluntary repatriation." This "targeted support" includes the cost of the flights and 1,000 (ca. $1200) per adult and 500 for minors.
"Stop your people from migrating or lose aid sounds to me like a message of cohesion and not cooperation. This reduces the African nations actually to border guards rather than equal partners in development..."