During a public hearing on January 26, Luchner, deputy-director general for home affairs, explicitly confirmed his presence in the country alongside the head of Belgian migration. He stated the visit focused on returning criminals and individuals with outstanding deportation orders to the de facto regime. However, in a subsequent letter, his superior, Beate Gminder, denied that the department possesses any travel records, itineraries, or meeting debriefings regarding the visit.
The European Commission’s invisible Afghan mission
Johannes Luchner, a senior European Commission official, told lawmakers he traveled to Afghanistan in January to discuss deportations with Taliban authorities. Yet, the Commission now claims it holds no documentation of the trip, raising sharp questions about accountability within Brussels' top administrative ranks.
This absence of a paper trail suggests either a significant lapse in institutional oversight or a deliberate attempt to obscure high-risk diplomatic engagement. When pressed for clarification, the Commission’s press office stated it was unsure if it could even identify officials who traveled to the region, despite those individuals having already made their presence public. The discrepancy highlights a growing friction between the Commission’s internal procedures and its stated commitment to transparency, leaving the nature of this back-channel communication to the Taliban shrouded in administrative silence.
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