12-04-2019, 09:01 AM
Japanese physician and aid worker shot and killed in Afghanistan:
Tetsu Nakamura (中村 哲 Nakamura Tetsu, 15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019) was a Japanese medical doctor. He was awarded the 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding.[1] He devoted his work among refugees in the Afghanistan/Pakistan borderlands.
Beginning in 1991, Nakamura opened 3 clinics to provide medical service in the mountainous eastern region of the country.[2]
Starting from 2000, a drought hit the region. A consequence of this drought was the multiplications of diseases due to malnutrition and lack of water. Nakamura stated about this situation: "One irrigation canal will do more good than 100 doctors!".[2] Starting from 2003, Nakamura started building an irrigation canal in Khiwa district of Nangarhar Province, the Marwarid Canal. The canal gets water from Kuner River, and has a length of 25.5 km.[3]
As of 2016, Nakamura has built or restored 8 additional canals, irrigating 16.000 hectares and supporting the livelihood of 600.000 people in the Gamberi Desert region.[2]
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Nakamura declared, "Weapons and tanks don't solve problems. The revival of farming is the cornerstone of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan]Afghanistan's recovery".[2]
Nakamura died of his wounds after an attack Wednesday 4 December 2019 that also killed five Afghans, including the doctor's bodyguards, the driver and a passenger[4].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Naka...physician)
What could be more abominable than killing people involved in humanitarian relief?
Tetsu Nakamura (中村 哲 Nakamura Tetsu, 15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019) was a Japanese medical doctor. He was awarded the 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding.[1] He devoted his work among refugees in the Afghanistan/Pakistan borderlands.
Beginning in 1991, Nakamura opened 3 clinics to provide medical service in the mountainous eastern region of the country.[2]
Starting from 2000, a drought hit the region. A consequence of this drought was the multiplications of diseases due to malnutrition and lack of water. Nakamura stated about this situation: "One irrigation canal will do more good than 100 doctors!".[2] Starting from 2003, Nakamura started building an irrigation canal in Khiwa district of Nangarhar Province, the Marwarid Canal. The canal gets water from Kuner River, and has a length of 25.5 km.[3]
As of 2016, Nakamura has built or restored 8 additional canals, irrigating 16.000 hectares and supporting the livelihood of 600.000 people in the Gamberi Desert region.[2]
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Nakamura declared, "Weapons and tanks don't solve problems. The revival of farming is the cornerstone of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan]Afghanistan's recovery".[2]
Nakamura died of his wounds after an attack Wednesday 4 December 2019 that also killed five Afghans, including the doctor's bodyguards, the driver and a passenger[4].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Naka...physician)
What could be more abominable than killing people involved in humanitarian relief?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.