EU will invite the Taliban to Brussels for talks on deportations to Afghanistan

According to sources at the AFP news agency, a letter will be sent to Kabul "shortly" to arrange the meeting, which is being coordinated with Sweden.

No date has been set and the Taliban's trip to Brussels will be preceded by two trips to Afghanistan by European officials.

In April, Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) told TT that the Swedish government had been pushing in the EU to secure deportations to Afghanistan and had been asked to stand as a "co-signatory" together with the Commission.

A "technical meeting" took place in January, according to a spokesperson for the European Commission.

Deportations to Afghanistan have been difficult to enforce, according to Forssell. The initiative has also been met with harsh criticism from the opposition.