Berlin, July 25 -- Germany's latest deportation flight to Afghanistan has drawn sharp criticism from peace researchers and human rights advocates, with experts warning the move undermines the country's legal and humanitarian commitments, Khaama Press reported.

On July 18, a deportation flight carrying 81 Afghan men--reportedly with failed asylum claims and criminal records--departed from Leipzig to Kabul. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the operation a fulfillment of the coalition government's promise to deport criminals and dangerous individuals to Afghanistan and Syria, as part of what officials describe as a broader "repatriation offensive."

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