The Taliban consulate in Bonn is now offering internships. Targeting young Afghans. In Germany.
I was quoted in @WDRaktuell , @ARD , @KSTA , https://t.co/3gIQI5VALC & https://t.co/VQR6qvXzHa. I called it a ticking time bomb. Here is exactly why.
The Taliban were born in madrasas — not on battlefields. I published research on this through the UN Human Rights Office. That origin is the blueprint for what is now happening in Bonn.
🔗 UN Research: https://t.co/wimQEf028x
Boys aged 13–17 were recruited through madrasas for over 20 years. They went to learn. Many came back as weapons. Documented by HRW. Not speculation. That pattern now has a German address.
🔗 HRW Report: https://t.co/FNtf6vGVlx
Young Afghans in Europe are at a uniquely vulnerable moment. Searching for identity. For belonging. The consulate listing specifically targets Dari and Pashto speakers. Not German students. Afghan ones. The Taliban have always known how to answer that search.
Germany is the ONLY EU member state to officially accredit Taliban diplomats. The Taliban opened an internship office. The German government has not responded.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.
The Taliban ban girls from school, silence journalists, and erase women from public life.
Engaging with them politically sends the wrong message to every Afghan who fled their rule.
#Germany#HumanRights#Diaspora
The Taliban ban girls from school, silence journalists, and erase women from public life.
Engaging with them politically sends the wrong message to every Afghan who fled their rule.
#Germany#HumanRights#Diaspora
من یکی از هزاران افغانی هستم که برای نجات جان خود به آلمان پناه آوردند.
امروز، همکاری با طالبان یعنی نادیده تهدید مستقیم به من و هزاری مثل من.
#Afghanistan#Germany#Diaspor
طالبان از آموزش زنان جلوگیری میکنند، خبرنگاران را خاموش میسازند و مردم را سرکوب میکنند.
همکاری با چنین گروهی، خیانت به ارزشهای حقوق بشر است.
#Afghanistan#Germany#Diaspor
We fled the Taliban to find safety in Germany — not to watch them gain legitimacy here.
For Afghans in Germany, this is life.
#Afghanistan#Germany#Diaspora
هیچکدام ما افغانستان را به انتخاب خود ترک نکردیم؛ ما از روی مجبوریت آمده یم!
برای بیش از ۳۰۰ هزار افغان در آلمان، همکاری با طالبان تنها یک موضوع سیاسی نیست؛ بلکه عادیسازی همان ترسی است که ��ز آن فرار کردیم.
آلمان باید به ارزشهای انسانی و حقوق زن پابند بماند.
#حقوق_بشر
None of us came to Germany by choice, we fled the TLB with no other option.
For 300,000+ Afghans here, cooperating with them isn’t abstract politics. It normalizes the terror we escaped.
Germany must uphold its values, protect us, and stop legitimizing the TLB
#HumanRights#Ger
Die Taliban bieten Praktika im afghanischen Generalkonsulat in Bonn an. In Deutschland lebende Regimegegner sind in großer Sorge. Sie sprechen von einer "tickenden Zeitbombe". Deutschland ist der einzige EU-Staat, der Taliban als Diplomaten zulässt. https://t.co/gTI8h9PO39
As I told @ph_reporterpool , this is “a ticking time bomb.”
The Taliban-controlled Afghan Consulate in Bonn is now recruiting young Afghans in Germany for internships. This is not just diplomacy, it is influence and ideological expansion.
„Praktikum bei den #Taliban in Bonn“- das hörte sich für uns zunächst fast lächerlich an und wie Satire. Doch in Deutschland lebende Regimegegner sehen das anders. Sie fürchten, die Radikalislamisten machten so Nachwuchsarbeit. https://t.co/Zy3MriKy50 @WDRaktuell
For our April session of our monthly #Afghanistan series at @gchumanrights , we welcome @ASinasaeed, founder of RAH TV and GC Europe alum. Thursday, 2 April 2026 from 15:00-16:30 CET. Register here: https://t.co/oqA6S8zGcL