EU Meets With Taliban to Discuss Sending Afghan Refugees Home

European leaders met Taliban officials in Brussels on June 23—their first direct talks with Afghanistan's new rulers. The EU hasn't officially recognized the Taliban but 20 member countries are pushing to deport Afghan asylum seekers (people fleeing to Europe for safety). Without a deal with Kabul, deportations are nearly impossible to carry out. Human rights groups warn people sent back could face a legal system that ignores basic protections.