EU hosts Taliban officials for talks on migrant returns

A Taliban delegation has held talks with the EU in Brussels on stepping up the return of failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, in an unprecedented visit fiercely criticised by rights advocates. The EU and its member countries have not recognised the Taliban government since the militant group returned to power five years ago after 20 years of war against a government backed by a US-led NATO force. But Brussels has defended its decision to hold limited talks with Afghanistan's "de facto authoriti