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Tetsu Nakamura
Tetsu Nakamura | |
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中村 哲 | |
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| Born | 15 September 1946 Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 4 December 2019 (aged 73) Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound (assassination) |
| Nationality | Japanese Afghan (honorary) |
| Other names | Kaka Murad (کاکا مراد) Kaka Nakamura (کاکا ناکامورا) |
| Alma mater | Kyushu University |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Naoko Nakamura[1] |
| Relatives | Ashihei Hino (maternal uncle)[2] |
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| Website | www |
Tetsu Nakamura (中村 哲, Nakamura Tetsu, Pashto: تېڅو ناکامورا), also known as Kaka Murad (Pashto: کاکا مراد, transl. "Uncle Nakamura"), (15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019),[3] was a Japanese physician and honorary Afghan citizen who headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), an aid group known as Peshawar-kai in Japanese.[4]
Nakamura was devoted to building canal projects, from the Kunar River in eastern Afghanistan and was credited with transforming the desert of Gamberi, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, into lush forest and productive wheat farmland. He also constructed two hospitals and two mosques.[5] In October 2019, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani granted him honorary Afghan citizenship.
On 4 December 2019, as Nakamura was heading to work in his aid vehicle in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, he was assassinated by gunmen along with his bodyguards and driver.[6] On 11 February 2021, sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan claimed that Amir Nawaz (also known as Haji Dubai) was the main suspect in Nakamura's death. Afghan and Pakistani officials claimed that Nawaz was killed in Afghanistan, and that he was a militant commander of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, an anti-Pakistan militant group operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border.[7][8]
- ^ "Japanese doctor's family to bring body home from Afghanistan". The Washington Post. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "【追悼】中村哲医師「ペシャワールに赴任したきっかけは、原始のモンシロチョウを見たから」 (1/5)" (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Killing of aid group chief Tetsu Nakamura in Afghanistan looked like well-planned hit". The Japan Times. 5 December 2019. ISSN 0447-5763. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ Peshawar-kai
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
tolowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Beaumont, Peter (4 December 2019). "Japanese aid chief among six dead in Afghanistan attack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "TTP commander Amir Nawaz killed in Afghanistan". Daily Times. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Senior Tehrik-i-Taliban leader 'Haji Dubai' killed in Afghanistan". Khaama Press. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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