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Senior IEA officials make first known visit to Japan since takeover
Japan however has been a substantial donor nation over the past few years and has maintained a diplomatic mission in Kabul.
A delegation of high-level Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials have arrived in Japan, their host Japanese grant-making organization Nippon Foundation said Monday.
This is the first known visit by the IEA since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
Japan however has been a substantial donor nation over the past few years and has maintained a diplomatic mission in Kabul.
Nippon Foundation meanwhile told Japanese media that the visiting delegation is expected to seek insights for future nation building.
The Japanese government said its Foreign Ministry’s special representative for Afghanistan, Toshihide Ando, also plans to meet with the delegation.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the visit is “meaningful”.
