GETTY Hamid Karzai and Angela Merkel have agreed a round of deportations that started last week

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But their risky strategy could end up causing them major issues in the long run after using a scheme known as the 'Taliban trick' effectively claiming to be a terrorist to enter the criminal justice system. To be a member of the Taliban is a crime in Germany and anyone who claims to be involved can face up to 10 years in prison but thousands have flooded into the country over the past year on invitation from Chancellor Angela Merkel. Paradoxically however those who claim to be part of the terror group can then claim they are likely to face Government persecution as a result of their links and also from the terror group for deserting them - leaving German officials with a moral conundrum.

GETTY A Germany embassy in Afghanistan was bombed by the Taliban in November

Some Afghans who do not want to leave their new German homes are so intent on staying that they're claiming to be involved in the terror group, it has been reported. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees say a number of individuals have disclosed that they signed up to become members of their own free will or had been forced into joining the group, reports newspaper Die Welt. And it appears the concept is becoming something of a trend with a spike in the amount of claims in recent weeks.

GETTY There were protests at Frankfurt airport last week

The State Criminal Police Offices (LKA) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) reports there are few men with provable links to the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement. But since October the German government has arrested and charged three men age 17, 19, and 20 who are thought to have had terrorist training. A total of 12,500 people from Afghanistan are currently waiting for deportation in Germany.

Horrific axe attack on German train Tue, July 19, 2016 Three passengers have been seriously injured after a teenage refugee ran amok on a busy commuter train with an axe and a knife. Play slideshow EPA 1 of 10 Blood stains are seen on the regional train on which a man allegedly wielding an axe attacked passengers in Wuerzburg