塔利班五年前重新控制阿富汗后，德国政府承诺协助曾为德国武装部队和援助项目工作的阿富汗籍员工及其家属撤离。[1]时任外长海科·马斯在2021年8月26日表示："我们的工作将继续进行，直到所有我们在阿富汗承担责任的人都安全为止。"[1]截至2026年6月，超过37,000名阿富汗国民已抵达德国，[1]但约600人仍滞留在巴基斯坦和喀布尔。[1]
德国新政府的政策转变加剧了这一困境。2025年5月，新政府在联盟协议中取消了针对有风险阿富汗公民的安置项目。[1]然而，2026年7月，德国联邦宪法法院裁定该决定违反了宪法禁止武断原则，[1]要求政府考虑个案情况。德国外长亚历山大·多布林特随后提议向等待的阿富汗人提供金钱补偿，一次性支付最高2500欧元（2887美元），如返回阿富汗或前往第三国则最高10,000欧元，目前已有300人接受此提议。[1]
援助组织"喀布尔空中桥梁"自2021年以来已救出4,424人，[1]其中自2025年9月1日起有1,018人因赢得诉讼而获得前往德国的资格。[1]据统计，约75%仍在等待的人是妇女和儿童。[1]
Five years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, Germany faces mounting criticism over its commitment to evacuate local staff and their families who worked with German armed forces and aid projects. When Taliban rule returned, then-Foreign Minister Heiko Maas declared: "Our work will continue until all people for whom we bear responsibility in Afghanistan are safe."[1] Yet implementation has proven far more complicated than the initial promise suggested.
Since the Taliban takeover, more than 37,000 Afghan nationals have reached Germany.[1] However, approximately 600 people remain stranded in Peshawar, Pakistan and Kabul, waiting for resettlement.[1] The humanitarian organization Kabul Airlift has extracted 4,424 people since 2021, with 1,018 of these individuals gaining access to Germany after winning legal cases beginning September 1, 2025.[1] About 75 percent of those still awaiting entry are women and children.[1]
Germany's commitment wavered significantly in May 2025 when the new government cancelled resettlement programs for at-risk Afghan citizens as part of its coalition agreement.[1] This decision, however, was ruled unconstitutional by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in July 2026, which determined that the blanket cancellation violated constitutional protections against arbitrary action.[1] The court required the government to consider individual cases. Current Foreign Minister Alexander Dobrindt has proposed monetary compensation for waiting Afghans—up to 2,500 euros (2,887 dollars) as one-time payment or up to 10,000 euros for those returning to Afghanistan or relocating to third countries.[1] To date, 300 people have accepted this offer.[1]