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34 deported Afghan asylum seekers return from Germany

Associated Press
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    An aircraft stands ready, as it is scheduled to carry 50 Afghan failed asylum seekers back to Afghanistan at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Later Wednesday a group of rejected Afghan asylum seekers will be deported to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) (The Associated Press)

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    Afghans who were deported from Germany arrive at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. A Kabul airport official says 34 Afghan asylum seekers returned home after being deported from Germany the previous day. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (The Associated Press)

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    An Afghan who was deported from Germany arrives at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. A Kabul airport official said 34 Afghan asylum seekers have returned to their country after being deported from Germany. The chief of police at the Kabul airport says the deportees -- all men without families -- landed around 5 a.m. Many expressed disappointment over their deportation, saying they had lived and worked in Germany for years and were now forced to come back without any job prospects. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (The Associated Press)

KABUL, Afghanistan – A Kabul airport official says 34 Afghan asylum seekers returned home after being deported from Germany the previous day.

The Kabul airport chief of police, Mohammad Asif Jabarkhil, says the deportees — all young men without families — landed around 5 a.m.

Many expressed disappointment over their deportation, saying they had lived and worked in Germany for years and were now forced to come back without any job prospects.

Sidiq Kuchai, a 23-year-old from northern Baghlan province who was in Germany for seven years, says he "had a good job and was working in a restaurant in Cologne.

Kuchai, who was among those who returned on Thursday says that in Afghanistan he has "no job and no security." He added: "I am not happy, everything is different for me here."