中村さん、アフガンに分骨へ　生前の意向に沿い―現地医師、事業継続誓う

　ＮＧＯ「ペシャワール会」（福岡市）現地代表の医師中村哲さん（７３）がアフガニスタンで銃撃され殺害された事件で、現地副代表を務めるアフガン人医師らが１２日、中村さんの生前の意向に従い、遺骨を現地に分骨する意向を明らかにした。
　医師らは１１日に福岡市内で開かれた中村さんの告別式などのため来日。１２日に記者会見し、同会の事業継続を改めて表明した。
　２０年以上にわたり中村さんと共に事業を主導してきた現地副代表の医師ジア・ウル・ラフマンさん（６４）によると、中村さんは生前、「もし自分が死んだらガンベリ地域に埋めてほしい」と話していたといい、遺族も同意したという。

　同会によると、ガンベリはかつて砂漠だった地域で、同会のかんがい事業によって緑化された。現在は記念公園などがある。
　ジアさんは、「私たちは皆、中村スクールの生徒。先生の哲学を共有し、事業の継続を望んでいる」と強調した。
　今後、同会の村上優会長が現地代表を引き継ぎ、休止中の診療や用水路建設などを徐々に再開するという。同会は、中村さんと共に銃撃され死亡した運転手らへの補償を行う方針も明らかにした。（2019/12/12-19:26）

Part of cremated remains of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was shot dead in Afghanistan last week, will be buried in the country based on his intention expressed before his death, a person close to him said Thursday.
   At a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka, Zia-Ur-Rahman, a 64-year-old Afghani doctor and deputy representative in Afghanistan of Japanese humanitarian aid group Peshawar-kai, quoted Nakamura as saying while he was alive that he hoped to be buried in the Gamberi area in Afghanistan if he died.
   Bereaved relatives of Nakamura have agreed to the burial plan, according to the Afghani doctor, who was among the numerous participants at the funeral for the slain doctor, held in Fukuoka on Wednesday.
   Nakamura, 73, Peshawar-kai's representative in Afghanistan, was shot dead by an armed group on Dec. 4 while heading by car to an irrigation canal construction site from Jalalabad, the capital of the province of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan. Five others aboard the car, including its driver, were also killed in the shooting.
   According to Peshawar-kai, Gamberi used to be a desert area, but now trees have been planted there thanks to a project by the group, and there is a memorial park in the area. The Afghani doctor, who has worked with Nakamura for more than 20 years, said that members of the group are all students of the Nakamura school, adding that they share his philosophy and want to continue the group's support projects in Afghanistan.