TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo A senior vice...

TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo

A senior vice education minister will visit Afghanistan upon Friday for talks with education ministry officials there, Japanese officials said Tuesday.

During the visit through Fumio Kishida, the two sides will discuss arranging for more exchanges of Afghan observers to Japan and training female Afghan teachers in Japan, said the Education, improvement Sports, Science and Technology Ministry officials.

He will be meeting with family such as the Afghan interim administration's Education Minister Abdul Rassoul Amin and Higher Education Minister Sharif Faez.

Kishida, who will arrive in Kabul upon Sunday, will be accompanied by means of a group including Yasuko Minoura, an Ochanomizu University professor, and Sadanari Mochizuki, a professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

They are also locate to discuss aid measures forward farming and livestock in Afghanistan, which has been suffering from dryness and years of war.

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