Germany accepted risky individuals from Afghanistan.
The opposition wants the acceptance of former local forces of the Bundeswehr from Afghanistan to stop immediately. A report indicates that the federal government disregarded intelligence warnings regarding possible threats from those admitted. The conservative party considers the program a "security risk."
"Bild am Sonntag" claims that the German government accepted people into the country through the Bundeswehr's former local forces admission program from Afghanistan, even though they'd been deemed a threat by the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD). This "Bad Guys List" has the names of 97 accepted individuals who were dismissed for security reasons.
These individuals are accused of various issues, including connections to the Taliban, transferring information, interactions with Russian spies, or fraud in construction projects. MAD's findings were allegedly disregarded by the federal government.
Since 2021, several Afghan local forces have arrived in Germany, settling in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Berlin, where they'd previously worked as interpreters. BamS met with the German military intelligence service, only to be told by a MAD spokesperson that they couldn't disclose any details due to privacy reasons and personal rights.
Christoph de Vries, a politician from the CDU party, criticized the federal government for "blatant security gaps that the federal government must urgently remedy." In his opinion, anyone who has worked with the "Stone Age Islamists of the Taliban" has "lost nothing in our country."
Alexander Dobrindt, the CSU state group leader, said, "This former local forces' program from Afghanistan is a security risk and should be halted. All local forces who have arrived must undergo a security check. Harmful individuals should be detained and deported expeditiously."
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The German Armed Forces' former local forces from Afghanistan, accused of ties to extremist groups like the Taliban and Islamism, have raised concerns among political figures. The acceptance of these refugees, despite intelligence warnings of potential threats, has been criticized as a security risk. The Taliban's influence extends to some of these individuals, as reported in several instances involving information transfer and collaboration with Russian spies.
