BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has offered cash to Afghan nationals stranded in Pakistan if they give up efforts to enter Europe’s biggest economy under a resettlement programme, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Wednesday.

The move is part of an effort by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to show it is tackling migration, a major concern for many German voters at a time when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) tops several opinion polls.

Around 2,000 Afghans approved for relocation to Germany under a programme for people at risk under Taliban rule or who had worked with German forces have been stranded in Pakistan for months after Berlin froze the scheme, set up by the previous government, to curb migration.

Individuals with binding approval to enter Ger

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