Japanese Embassy in Afghanistan Temporarily Closed... Staff Evacuated to Dubai
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] As the Islamic armed political organization Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, Japan is also closing its embassy and evacuating its staff.
On the 17th, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation, it temporarily closed the Japanese embassy in Afghanistan on the 15th and set up a temporary office in Istanbul, Turkey to continue its operations.
The 12 embassy staff members who remained in Afghanistan evacuated on the 17th, departing Kabul International Airport on an allied military aircraft and fleeing to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added.
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The Japanese government advised its citizens not to go to Afghanistan for any reason and urged those remaining in Afghanistan to evacuate to other countries.
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