Rights groups sue German ministers over deportation of Afghans from Pakistan

By Riham Alkousaa

BERLIN (Reuters) -Advocacy groups filed a criminal case against Germany’s foreign and interior ministers on Friday, accusing them of failing to protect Afghan nationals in Pakistan with German admission approvals from deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Pakistan has begun deporting documented Afghan refugees ahead of a September 1 deadline, a move the United Nations warns could force more than one million to leave.

Among those at risk are more than 2,000 Afghans…