Published: September 04, 2021
‘I’m in hiding, not only me but other colleagues. There’s still some gunfire at night-time. We are living in horror. I’m running out of cash with my family’
Mahmood* is an Afghan interpreter who worked for New Zealand forces during their deployment in Afghanistan. He made a number of applications to the New Zealand government to immigrate over the past several years, but was turned down each time.
As Kabul fell, the New Zealand government issued him and a group of at least 37 other interpreters, labourers and workers who had assisted New Zealand forces with emergency evacuation visas. That about-face came too late: one day later, New Zealand ended its evacuation flights from Kabul, leaving hundreds behind.
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