Afghanistan’s Taliban administration has indicated it is “ready and willing” to receive Afghans who could be deported from the United Kingdom under immigration proposals set out by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. A senior Taliban official told British media the group would accept returnees without seeking direct payments, but would welcome humanitarian aid to help house and feed those sent back. Farage this week unveiled a plan to detain and deport up to 600,000 people he describes as illegal migrants within five years. The initiative would involve negotiating returns agreements with countries of origin—including Afghanistan and, potentially, Iran—and withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights to prevent legal challenges. Reform UK has also floated reviving the Conservative-backed Rwanda scheme as a fallback if bilateral deals cannot be secured. Downing Street did not rule out future returns arrangements with Afghanistan but stressed the practical and legal complexities of any accord with the Taliban, which remains under UK sanctions. Critics, including opposition lawmakers and migration experts, warned that financing or aiding the Taliban could breach terrorism laws and expose deportees to persecution, while questioning the feasibility and cost assumptions underpinning Reform’s mass-removal target.