Ali, whose title has been modified to guard his id, had lengthy suspected his particulars had been shared with the Taliban – however came upon simply yesterday that he was a sufferer of the breach three years in the past.
He’s now much more fearful for the lives of relations nonetheless in Afghanistan, who’re already in hiding from the Taliban.
Ali labored alongside British troopers in Helmand Province to assist them converse with Afghan individuals. His job additionally concerned listening in on Taliban radio communications and translating them for the British forces.
“They know that you’re listening to their chatting and the British forces are acting according to our translation. We were always the first target and our job was always full of risk.”
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Afghans being relocated after knowledge breach
After the Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in 2021, Ali – who had already suffered accidents after the Taliban focused him with a automobile bomb – was delivered to the UK by way of the British authorities’s Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) for his personal safety.
As soon as within the UK, he started to suspect his knowledge had been leaked after his father “died because the Taliban took him into custody and beat him”.
“They just ignored what I told them and they never replied,” he mentioned.
‘The Taliban need me’
“I’m feeling terrible and frustrated,” he mentioned. “My family’s details have been shared with the Taliban intelligence forces and now they are looking for them.
“On daily basis, each single minute, my household’s ready for his or her dying, as a result of if anybody involves knock the door, they suppose that that’s the Taliban.”
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Ali has twice utilized for his household to be relocated to the UK however each functions have been rejected. He’s now renewing his name for the British authorities to maneuver his family members.
“I have carried the body of the British soldier,” he mentioned. “I feel betrayed by the British government. They should relocate my family to a safe place.”
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Ali has determined he’ll return to his homeland to assist his household if they aren’t granted authorized passage to the UK.
“If we don’t win [the case], I have decided I want to go back to Afghanistan and finish this,” he mentioned. “The Taliban want me. If the British government can’t save my family, then I have this one responsibility to go and save them.
“I do not need my household being killed for one thing they did not do.”
