BERLIN, July 28 (Reuters) - Germany has deported an Afghan national without a ‌criminal record for the first ‌time since the Taliban returned to power, Interior ​Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Tuesday.

• According to Dobrindt, the man had become liable for deportation after exhausting his asylum ‌claim.

• He ⁠had attempted to settle in another European country but was found ⁠to be living there illegally. After being transferred back to Germany, he ​was deported ​to Afghanistan.

• The ​man was among ‌31 Afghan men deported by plane on Tuesday. The other 30 had criminal convictions.

• Deportations to Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover in 2021 remain controversial, given ‌concerns over human rights ​and the treatment ​of returnees.

• Since ​the resumption of deportations ‌to Afghanistan in 2024, Germany ​has returned ​over 200 people. According to human rights group Amnesty International, at ​least one ‌was killed following deportation.

(Reporting by Markus ​Wacket, writing by Miranda Murray, editing ​by Thomas Seythal)