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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are major news items in leading German newspapers on Wednesday.

Die Welt:

-- The conquest of the Afghan provincial capital Kunduz by radical Islamic Taliban has sparked a debate about the planned withdrawal of the Bundeswehr from Afghanistan. "The Afghans are not yet in a way that we can leave them alone," said the chairman of the defense committee Wolfgang Hellmich. He called for a continuation of the training mission beyond 2016.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Amid emissions manipulation scandal of German automaker Volkswagen, a senior manager has been put under internal investigation, as an engine technician has warned the then head of power train development of the Volkswagen and later brand executive Heinz-Jakob Neusser of potentially illegal practices in 2011.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Currently, up to 10,000 migrants come to Germany every day, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced on Tuesday in Berlin. "We had in the last four days 8000, 9000, 10000 migrants every day," the minister said. September will be "a record month". About 105,000 refugees came to Germany in August, according to the minister. Endit