Two former local staff at the Japanese Embassy in Kabul and their families who are currently seeking refugee status in Japan have recounted how Foreign Ministry officials sought to pressure them and other former staff to return to their homeland, warning them of the "hell" they faced if they stayed.In a recent interview with Kyodo News, one of the men, a father in his 30s who called himself Akbar (not his real name), said he and his family evacuated to Japan after the Taliban was restored to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 but temporarily returned to their homeland the following year at…READ FULL ARTICLE
