On the night of the 27th, a Japanese evacuated to Islamabad, the capital of neighboring Pakistan, by a SDF transport plane over the evacuation from Afghanistan.
Foreign Ministry officials and SDF personnel who had been dispatched also left the site, but the government says that the SDF aircraft will be put on standby in Islamabad for the time being in preparation for changes in the situation.
As the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated, a Japanese woman who wanted to evacuate abroad fled from the airport in Kabul, the capital of the neighboring country, to Islamabad, the capital of neighboring Pakistan, on the night of the 27th by a C130 transport aircraft of the Self-Defense Forces.
The government assumed that up to 500 people, including Afghan staff working at embassies and international organizations, would be evacuated, but there is no way to reach the airport.
In light of these circumstances, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff and SDF personnel who were in Kabul also left the site on the SDF transport plane and moved to Islamabad on the 27th.
With the US military's withdrawal deadline approaching the end of August, the government says it is a temporary move and will have SDF aircraft on standby in Islamabad for the time being in preparation for changes in the situation.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials will continue to work with the United States and other countries to evacuate some of the remaining Japanese and Afghan staff.