Finland Halts Deportations to Afghanistan After US Troops Leave

Infantry Squad vehicles are seen in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2021. Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

HELSINKI—Finland will temporarily halt deportations to Afghanistan because of potential instability there following the withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops, its immigration service said on Monday.

Jaakko Purontie, head of the immigration service’s legal department, told Reuters no time frame had been set for the suspension of deportations.