Tetsu Nakamura: Japanese doctor who devoted his life to Afghanistan

A heroic life. Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura served humanity with dedication and distinction. His noble deeds will be remembered for long. RIP Sir.

Tetsu Nakamura was Afghanistan Hero Today all Afghans are Crying for Losing our Great Citizen Tetsu Nakamura, we the people of Afghanistan are too much helpless and Weak he was like an angel among us we could not save him we never forget him he will be always alive in our memories sorry the people of japan

We all Afghans loves Dr.Nakamura.

He is a real hero for us, but we are also victims of terrorism.

We are sorry Dr.

RIP

Huge respect for this man.

The Japanese Man whom Deserved to be a champion for all afghans because of his hard working,& agriculture innovation.

The Japanese Man whom leaved his county, nation & Relative for a positive changes to the people of Afghanistan .

the man whom accept the risk of his life .

the man whom changed our dry deserts to green.

the man whom wished to bring smile and happiness to the future generation of afghans , but today he has died by unknown peoples and terrorists.

My deepest condolence to the people of Japan & his respected family of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, head of the NGO Peace (Japan) Medical Services. He did great service for Afghanistan. we will never forgot his achievement ,innovation and services which he had been done for the people of Afghanistan . :(

Can Dr. Nakamura be given a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously?

Everyone is mourning in Afghanistan for #Nakamura RIP.

Rest In Peace Uncle Murad.

He was awarded Afghanistan Honorable Nationality recently and sadly it happened to him what is happening to an average of 100 Afghans on daily basis Killed without knowing why??

I am speechless

Sorry NAKAMURA san my 5 Afghans (Bodyguards and driver) tried to protect you by sacrificing their blood in the spot but we failed to protect you

申し訳ありません

Really sad to hear of someone that gave so much to a land that he so obviously loved. Then gunned down in cold blood by cowards dead set on sending their own country back to the stone age. He gave everything and then received this. Its going to be a hard thing for the Japanese people to get their head around, until you understand what fundamentalism is. There is no, nor can be any reason when you are infected by it. Rip Nakamura Sensei.

An amazing man, and a horrible loss for the world. He honoured us all. RIP.

Dr. Nakamura faced deadlock of medical treatments there because local people drink dirty water and take bad nutrition everyday. So he decided to lead local people to make irrigation canal to grow crops for many years and now green field can make good crops in the desert. Locals can eat a lot and drink better water. Most sicknesses gone as a result. His long time work was the greatest of all. Rest in peace.

Our whole country is in tears

macv, what you say both here and on the other thread is true. For some reason 'another dead Afghan or two' is sadly not really newsworthy. Although these articles are in Crime and National on JT, by the way, the killing is international news on the BBC and elsewhere.

Have you considered other possibilities, such as that they could have been paid money to stop the car and not shoot back, but were then killed anyway in order to ensure their silence?

Macv, this is an article in the "National" section remembering Dr. Nakamura. If you are too lazy to check the "Crime" section, where JT has an article titled "Gunmen kill Japanese doctor, five Afghans", that's not JT's fault. And if you want more details, you should probably check "Afghanistan Today", because media in Japan will naturally focus on the Japanese citizen, not his Afghan bodyguards.

not a peep about the 5 Afghans who were murdered shame on JT

Wahid on the other thread in 'crime' may be onto something. If the Pashtun southern Taliban regain control of the whole country, other minorities will be seriously afraid of renewed ethnic cleansing, particularly the Hazaras. Was someone trying to stir this up again to prevent Trump's influence and recent political gains by the Taliban?

Or was this killing simply because Dr Nakamura was awarded Afghan citizenship, had become too famous and was maybe seen as a darling of the present government?

Dr. Nakamura defended the Taliban as "able administrators" and was against the US invasion. Why would the Taliban kill one of its supporters? Wasn't it someone else?

RIP Nakamura Sensei 

The irony is that those who gunned him and the other aid workers down, would likely have been the first on his doorstep in a time of need.

Savages, he gives his life to the people of the country and they pay him back with this? Shows you how you just can't help some people...

RIP Nakamura Sensei .

So sorry to read this, Dr. Nakamura did good work under the most difficult of conditions.

The Taliban might deny killing him, but its either them or one of their off-shoots.

Keeping the Afghans backward works to their advantage.

A terrible and unnecessary loss. RIP Doctor Nakamura.

What a badass. He practiced what he preaches and refused to give up on those less fortunate than him.

I hope the power of the US Department of Defense is brought to bear to bring the killers to justice with some 5.56 rounds.

Well said Chip Star.

Killed by cowardly bastards who have nothing else to contribute than murdering civilians. RIP Dr. Nakamura.

Sad to read stories like this. People who try to help get caught in the cross fire and become a victim themselves.

Which would probably be the LAST thing that he would have wanted to be left as the final act in his legacy of literally giving his own life in the service of others!

Agreed; however, the animals that murdered him clearly understand only one thing: violence, and they need to be made to understand that murdering people like the good doctor is a no-no.

I hope the power of the US Department of Defense is brought to bear to bring the killers to justice with some 5.56 rounds.

Which would probably be the LAST thing that he would have wanted to be left as the final act in his legacy of literally giving his own life in the service of others!

"We didn't have the proper facilities (for surgery and rehabilitation) but I couldn't just run away and abandon these people," he said.

What a badass. He practiced what he preaches and refused to give up on those less fortunate than him.

I hope the power of the US Department of Defense is brought to bear to bring the killers to justice with some 5.56 rounds.