What’s being done to protect Afghans who helped foreign forces? | Inside Story

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The Taliban is filling the power vacuum by taking over large swathes of territory.

That’s left thousands of Afghan translators, interpreters and contractors worried about revenge attacks.

Many have applied to be relocated abroad, but the process is long and complicated.

So is enough being done to protect them?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Adam Weinstein – Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Arzoo Amiri – former translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan

William Patey – Former British Ambassador to Afghanistan

Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel

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The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist movement and military organization in Afghanistan, currently waging war within the country. Since 2016, the Taliban’s leader has been Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.

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