The editorial: Violence that prevents good intentions of the Afghan abduction is hated.

The editorial: Violence that prevents good intentions of the Afghan abduction is hated.

Kazuya Ito of "Peshawar association" staff of non-governmental organization (NGO) who had acted in the locale was abducted for five years by an armed group to help people in Afghanistan in which it suffered from the war and hunger, and remains who received gunfire were found on the 27th.

Mr./Ms. Ito has challenged work to help the farmer's independence on the ground of war disturbances left from Japan. Act of Mr./Ms. Ito having been trampled in violence is extremely regrettable.

The criminal understands and detailed information like the situation and the purpose etc. of the crime has not understood someone yet. Gratitude is expressed by people in local, and the Peshawar association has been evaluated high by Japan. Present Afghan is still confused and has become dangerous a murder though is sure to have considered safely acquiring the experience and to have acted carefully.

The Japanese should think what you can do again for stability and peace in Afghan Japanese Government.

The Peshawar association doesn't receive the capital of Japanese Government, and supported the activity with 20,000 members by raising a fund 300 million yen a year. It makes efforts to not only the medical treatment but also "Only the revival of the farm village is a base of rebuilding" and the farmer support. Food was delivered in Afghan of the drought damage, it sank a well, and the agricultural rainwater road was made. Green returned, and the evacuee also came back.

When temporarily returning home last year, Peshawar association local representative doctor and Satoshi Nakamura :. ｢You need not go when everyone goes. We act in the place that no one does though there is a necessity there. ｣It talked about the principle of the activity.

Mr./Ms. Ito says that it memorizes a local word, and obtained the trust of the resident and sympathy. It is relieved on the site, and quickly answers people's expectations. It doesn't become it in the front of NGO that represents Japan for nothing the active will.

Seven years start have passed in Afghan since the U.S. military attacks after simultaneous multiple terrorist acts 9.11 U.S. and Taliban rulers were knocked down. The combat of International Security Assistance Force and Taliban of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization initiation intensifies, and it is far with stability. The U.S. Department of Defense analyzed the target of Taliban and the cooperating armed group by the report to US Congress in June this year that it banished foreign military forces from Afghan, and excluded the influence power of the foreign government from the rule region.

Taliban's hatred to the foreign country is strong. It aims at the foreigner though it is NGO and it is a civilian. There is a view that this event Taliban organization was related.

It is sad that good intentions that it wants to save an embarrassed foreigner person even a little have become situations refused by abhorrence and violence. If it accepts because it is a nationality though does its best as one man, it is unjust and it is not convincing.

What shape is the support service continued while securing staff's safety?The judgment is always urged on NGO in Japan that acts in all parts of the world. I want you to find a flexible method of putting on local circumstances together.

Mainichi Shimbun 28 in August, 2008 0:12