Japan-Afghanistan Relations
Japan-Afghanistan Relations (Archives)
August 25, 2026
2025
- Emergency Grant and other humanitarian assistance in response to the earthquake disaster in eastern Afghanistan (September 19, 2025)
- Emergency Assistance to Eastern Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake (September 3, 2025)
- Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (September 1, 2025)
2024
2023
- Adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2721 on the situation in Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (December 30, 2023)
- Emergency Grant Aid in response to the earthquake in western Afghanistan (October 17, 2023)
- Emergency Assistance to Western Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake (October 10, 2023)
- Earthquake in Western Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (October 8, 2023)
- Taliban’s order for the United Nations to stop female employees from going to work in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary ONO Hikariko) (April 7, 2023)
- The Adoption of Resolution 2678 of the United Nations Security Council concerning the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa) (March 17, 2023)
- Ministerial Statement on the Situation for Women and Girls in Afghanistan on International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023)
2022
- Joint Statement from Foreign Ministers on the Taliban’s Ban on Afghan Women Working for National and International NGOs (December 29, 2022)
- Taliban’s order for NGOs to stop female employees from going to work in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary ONO Hikariko) (December 28, 2022)
- Joint Statement from Foreign Ministers on Taliban Decision to Ban Women from Universities (December 21, 2022)
- Suspension of Girls’ Higher Education in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary ONO Hikariko) (December 21, 2022)
- Emergency Grant Aid in response to the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan (July 12, 2022)
- Emergency Assistance to Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake (June 24, 2022)
- Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa) (June 23, 2022)
- Situation in Afghanistan : Ambassador Okada’s Visit to Kabul (May 19, 2022)
- Joint Statement of Foreign Ministers on Increased Restrictions on the Human Rights of Afghan Women and Girls (May 13, 2022)
- Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary ONO Hikariko) (April 25, 2022)
- High-Level Pledging Event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistsan (March 31, 2022)
- Joint Statement on Girl's Education in Afghanistan (March 25, 2022)
- Situation in Afghanistan : Ambassador Okada’s Visit to Kabul (January 25, 2022)
2021
- Situation in Afghanistan : Ambassador Okada’s Visit to Kabul (November 25, 2021)
- Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki) (October 9, 2021)
- Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki) (August 27, 2021)
- Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki) (May 10, 2021)
- Japan-Afghanistan Foreign Minister’s Telephone Talk (March 2, 2021)
2020
- Video message by Foreign Minister Motegi at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva (November 24, 2020)
- Japan-Afghanistan Foreign Minister’s Telephone Talk (November 20, 2020)
- Current Security Situation in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki) (November 4, 2020)
- Damage Caused by Heavy Rain and Flash Floods in Eastern Afghanistan (Messages of Sympathies from Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (August 31, 2020)
- Agreement in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato) (May 18, 2020)
- Signing of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (March 1, 2020)
- Signing of Exchange of Notes concerning Cultural Grant Assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (February 26, 2020)
2019
- Terrorist shooting in Afghanistan which killed six people including Dr. NAKAMURA Tetsu (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (December 5, 2019)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Ghani of Afghanistan (October 23, 2019)
- Holding of Presidential Elections in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary OTAKA Masato) (October 1, 2019)
- Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga) (August 19, 2019)
- Japan-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 18, 2019)
- Emergency Assistance to Afghanistan in Response to the Flood (March 22, 2019)
2018
- Terrorist attack in Afghanistan (Statement by Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga) (November 21, 2018)
- Emergency Grant Aid in response to the damage caused by drought in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (November 13, 2018)
- Afghan President Ghani’s announcement of the Afghan government’s second ceasefire with the Taliban (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga) (August 20, 2018)
- The Terrorist Attacks in Afghanistan（Statement by Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga）(August 16, 2018)
- Afghan President Ghani’s announcement of an extension to the Afghan government’s ceasefire with the Taliban (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (June 17, 2018)
- Terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono) (January 28, 2018)
2017
- Message of Condolences from Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kishida for the attack with a massive explosion in Kabul (June 2, 2017)
- Attack in Kabul (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (May 31, 2017)
- Messages of condolence from Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura to the Ministers of UAE on the terror attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan (January 12, 2017)
2016
- Japan-Afghanistan Summit Telephone Talk (September 19, 2016)
- Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan(Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura) (July 25, 2016)
- Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura) (April 20, 2016)
- The announcement of the appointment of Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, as next Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (Statement by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida) (March 19, 2016)
2015
- Message of Condolences from Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kishida for the Damage Caused by the Earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan (October 27, 2015)
- Release of the Presidential Decree on Electoral Reform in Afghanistan(Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Kawamura) (September 18, 2015)
- Terrorist Attack on Afghan Parliament (Statement by the Foreign Press Secretary Kawamura (June 23, 2015)
2014
- Statement by Ambassador Hiroshi Takahashi at the London Conference on Afghanistan (December 9, 2014)（PDF）
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the announcement of the appointment of Tadamichi Yamamoto, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Hungary, as Deputy Special Representative of Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (October 8, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Second Round of Presidential Election in Afghanistan (July 9, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Second Round of Presidential Election in Afghanistan (June 15, 2014)
- Meeting Between Mr. Nobuo Kishi, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Ershad Ahmadi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (May 16, 2014)
- Holding of the Meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan (May 13, 2014)
- Damage Caused by Landslides in Badakhshan province, Northern Afghanistan (Message of Sympathy from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe) (May 4, 2014)
- Damage Caused by Landslides in Badakhshan province, Northern Afghanistan (Message of Sympathy from Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida) (May 4, 2014)
- Emergency Assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Response to the Landslides Disaster (May 4, 2014) (May 4, 2014)
- Damage Caused by Flash Floods in Northern Afghanistan (Messages of Sympathies from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida) (April 30, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Holding of Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan (April 6, 2014)
