"I served in Afghanistan in 2008-2009 and then again in 2010. We relied on the help of local Afghan interpreters who were with us on every patrol and an integral part of our platoon. The interpreters took great risks to help us, putting not only their lives but the lives of their families in danger of Taliban reprisals -- but now the UK Government has turned its back on the interpreters. It is refusing to give support or resettlement to interpreters who completed their duties between 2006 and 2011. My great-grandfather Winston Churchill, who spent a large part of his career in the army, would have been shocked by the way our government is treating men who risked their lives to help British forces. By denying our interpreters entry into the UK the government is condemning them to persecution and almost certain death at the hands of the Taliban."
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:56:43 +0000
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