An Afghani man who was recently flown from Kabul to Paris has been detained by French police over suspected links to the Taliban and after failing to comply with a quarantine order, authorities confirmed. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that among five Afghan refugees who had been placed under strict surveillance by the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), one refugee left the monitoring place “for a few minutes” and was taken into custody for questioning. “There was indeed one who was obviously linked to the Taliban,” Darmanin said on news broadcaster France Info, adding that the refugee assisted the French military in evacuating journalists and French nationals out of Kabul. “He helped us get the French out, journalists, 100 Afghans who were able to come on to our soil because they helped the French,” he said. “Because we suspect that this person with his family, his friends has or had …
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