The Taliban will kill my family: Army interpreter on escaping to Scotland but fearing for relatives left behind - The Sunday Post

Ahmad Refa in Glasgow, the city he moved to in 2015

The Taliban will kill my family: Army interpreter on escaping to Scotland but fearing for relatives left behind

An Afghan interpreter who found sanctuary in Scotland has told how his family has received deaths threats from the Taliban because he worked for the British Army.

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