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Slain Japanese aid worker honoured posthumously

Renowned Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, who was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad this month, has been awarded posthumously a decoration for his contribution to Afghanistan’s development. The 73-year-old Japanese aid group leader and five Afghan citizens…

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Japan to honour physician killed in Afghanistan

The Japanese government announced on Monday conferring top award on Tetsu Nakamura, an aid worker who was killed in a shooting in eastern Nangarhar province. The 73-year-old physician would be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Chief…

Funeral ceremony of Nakamura offered in Fukuoka

KABUL, was held in his home prefecture of Fukuoka on Wednesday, a media report said. “He was a great global figure the school was proud of,” said Shunsuke Takenaka, 74, who went to high school with Nakamura. “There must have…

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‘No one asked about Afghans killed with Nakamura’

A man whose son was killed along with the Japanese physician and devoted aid worker Dr. Nakamura says Nakamura’s death was horrifying but complained no one shared sympathy with him over his son’s death. Dr. Nakamura was gunned down…

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Nakamura’s death orphans Kunar River, Nangarhar deserts

Residents of Kama, Khewa, Dar-i-Noor and Behsud districts of eastern Nangarhar province say they have been in shock at the killing of Japanese physician  and devoted aid worker Dr. Nakamura, saying his death left the Kunar’s River and…