4 Afghan doctors in Japan to help in refugee relief

4 Afghan doctors in Japan to help in refugee relief

TOKYO, Japan - Four Afghan medical doctors in Japan -- Kazem Ahmadyar (L), 48, and his three brothers, photographed Oct. 5 at Josai Hospital in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture -- will join operations to support Afghan refugees fleeing to Pakistan. The brothers, from the central Afghan region of Ghazni, are permanent residents of Japan and work with the Japan International Friendship and Welfare Foundation, a nongovernmental organization.

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