Critics say trip legitimizes regime, as bloc seeks ways to cut number of Afghan arrivals
An Afghan man with a child walk toward a dinghy to sail to England from France on March 3. Afghans face deportation if their asylum claims are rejected in the European Union. © Getty Images
KANIKA GUPTA and CATHERINE DE BEAUREPAIRE
NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS — Taliban officials are heading to Brussels for talks with European Union representatives over a plan to deport rejected asylum claimants, even as the de facto government continues to face widespread condemnation over human rights abuses.