KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani led a memorial Saturday in the capital Kabul to bid final farewell to a Japanese physician killed earlier this week in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan that also killed five Afghans, who were travelling with him. Dr. Tetsu Nakamura was affectionately known as “Uncle Murad“ by villagers in eastern Afghanistan, where he led the development of water and agricultural management projects since his arrival in Afghanistan in 2008. Ghani joined Afghan National Security soldiers in carrying Nakamura’s coffin draped in an Afghan flag to an awaiting aircraft. Nakamuro’s wife Naoka and daughter Akiko had travelled to Afghanistan along with three of his colleagues, to accompany his body home to Japan. The Islamic State affiliate also operates in the area but until now no one has taken responsibility for the killings.

Source: thestar December 07, 2019 13:22 UTC