アフガンの１４０人、日本に　大使館の現地スタッフら―茂木外相

　茂木敏充外相は１２日の記者会見で、イスラム主義組織タリバンが実権を掌握したアフガニスタンに残された日本大使館や国際協力機構（ＪＩＣＡ）の現地スタッフら約１４０人が近く、カタールを経由して日本に退避すると明らかにした。このうち約５０人は１３日に到着する。
　退避を希望する現地スタッフらは数百人。これまでに３００人余りがアフガンを出国し、１１８人が日本に入国した。茂木氏は「邦人および現地職員の安全確保、出国支援を全力で続けていきたい」と強調した。（2021/10/12-15:22）

Some 140 people in Afghanistan, mostly local staff workers of the Japanese Embassy in Kabul and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, will evacuate to Japan shortly via Qatar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
   Some 50 of them will arrive in Japan on Wednesday, Motegi told a press conference.
   Several hundred such local staff members hope to evacuate from Afghanistan, now controlled by the Taliban. So far, about 300 such people have left the strife-torn country, of whom 118 have arrived in Japan.
   "Japan will continue making utmost efforts to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals and local staff workers and help them to leave Afghanistan," Motegi said.
   In late August, the Japanese government dispatched Self-Defense Forces transport aircraft to Afghanistan to rescue local staff workers, but gave up the mission in response to a deterioration in the local security situation.