The abandoned Afghan translator shouted through the English media: Britain, help us

The abandoned Afghan translator shouted through the English media: "Britain, help us"

(Observer News) after the United States announced its withdrawal, Britain followed suit and began to withdraw its troops and staff in Afghanistan.

With the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan, some people were "used up and abandoned" by Britain, including two Afghan local translators who used to serve the British army. The two translators were worried about the safety of themselves and their families and tried to beg the British government not to leave them, Sky News reported on the 8th.

"The British government, help us. Otherwise Taliban will catch me and kill me and my family. "

"Please change your policy and don't leave anyone working for the British army."

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In order to protect their identity, the two people are called "n" and "W" respectively.

Sky News said that they were once "locally employed personnel" (LES) of the British government, responsible for providing translation services for British troops stationed in Afghanistan, and qualified for the British "Afghanistan resettlement and assistance policy" (arap). Theoretically, the two belong to the category of "exposed and meaningful auxiliary roles", which has been listed as the priority evacuation object.

However, both men were dismissed by the British army for "serious negligence" and disqualified from arap. In this regard, the "n" and "W" who were left in Afghanistan insisted that they were innocent.

"In the next few months, Taliban will catch me." N told Sky News, "they will find me and kill me and my family.".

N and his three children sat on the sofa at home and held up a slogan to the camera, which said: the British government helps us and Britain helps us.

N, 35, worked with the British army in southern Afghanistan from the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2012, and was later dismissed on charges of "drug abuse and theft". But he strongly denied that he had committed these crimes and insisted that there was a misunderstanding.

"The British government helps us, Britain saves us" "the British government helps us, Britain saves us"

W, 31, the father of four, tried to persuade the British government to take him with him to evacuate through Sky News.

He said, "please help me, please protect me. I was abandoned. Please change your policy and don't leave anyone working for the British army. Please protect the safety of all translators and don't leave us to the Taliban. Please, we are human beings, not machines... "

W, who worked as a translator in Helmand province of Afghanistan from 2009 to 2014, said he had been "wrongly accused of smoking marijuana".

Sky News said that neither of them could appeal against the British Army's decision to dismiss them, and their applications to move to Britain were repeatedly rejected.

After the latest application was rejected, n felt very angry. "I deserve help from Britain to save me and my family," he said. If we fail to do so in the end... My message is very clear that Britain and the British government will suffer humiliation. "

N and W show evidence of their employment with the British army, respectively, from Sky News. N and W show evidence of their employment with the British army, respectively, from Sky News

U.S. President Biden announced in April this year that the U.S. military in Afghanistan will begin to withdraw on May 1 and completely withdraw before September 11. The U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31. After the United States announced its withdrawal, Britain followed suit and began to withdraw its troops and staff in Afghanistan.

In April this year, Britain began to implement the "Afghan resettlement and assistance policy" (arap). The policy will give priority to any current or former local employees assessed as facing a serious threat to move to the UK, regardless of their employment status, level or role or length of service. The British Ministry of defence added that they would strictly evaluate the immigration applications of local Afghan personnel, and those who had been dismissed for serious negligence would be excluded.

According to Sky News, about a third of local Afghan employees in the British army have been fired. So far, Britain has evacuated about 3000 people working in Afghanistan.

Although the British government insists that they are doing everything possible for Afghans employed by the British army, the British Army's withdrawal policy is widely questioned. At the end of July, dozens of former military generals wrote to British Prime Minister Johnson, "strongly urging" the government to reconsider the immigration application of Afghan translators.

It is worth mentioning that Afghan citizens who have worked for the US military also have an "uncertain future". White House officials have revealed that the U.S. government plans to resettle more than 20000 Afghan citizens, mainly translators and their families, but the United States has no intention of transferring these Afghans to U.S. territory.

According to Bloomberg, the United States has requested the three Central Asian countries Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to temporarily accept about 9000 Afghans. In this regard, Uzbekistan directly said that it could not be done, while the other two countries "remained silent".

Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban are launching a fierce offensive against the provincial capital. At present, atta has controlled nearly half of the country's territory in a few months.

Atta spokesman announced on the 8th that the organization captured the capitals of three provinces (Kunduz, salpul and tahar) in one day, bringing the number of provincial capitals occupied by atta to five. Al Jazeera said the lightning offensive seemed to have defeated Afghan government forces.

被抛弃的阿富汗翻译通过英媒喊话：“英国，救救我们”

　　（观察者网讯）在美国宣布撤军后，英国紧随其后，开始撤离在阿富汗的军队和工作人员。

　　随着阿富汗局势恶化，一些人被英国“用完就弃”，其中包括两名曾为英军服务的阿富汗当地翻译。据英国天空新闻8日报道，这两名翻译对自己和家人的安全感到担忧，试图恳求英政府别丢下他们。

　　“英国政府，救救我们。否则塔利班会抓住我，杀死我和我的家人。”

　　“恳请你们改变政策，不要丢下任何为英国军队工作的人。”

天空新闻报道截图天空新闻报道截图

　　为了保护自己的身份，这两人分别代称“N”和“W”。

　　天空新闻称，他们都曾是英国政府的“当地雇用人员”（LES），负责为驻扎在阿富汗的英军提供翻译服务，符合英国“阿富汗重新安置和援助政策”（ARAP）的资格。从理论上讲，两人属于“经暴露的、有意义的辅助角色”这一类别，该类别已被列为优先撤离对象。

　　然而，这两人都因“严重过失”而被英国军队解雇，并被取消ARAP资格。对此，被丢在阿富汗的“N”和“W”均坚称他们是无辜的。

　　“在接下来的几个月里，塔利班会抓住我。”N告诉天空新闻，“他们会找到我，杀了我和我的家人”。

　　N和他的三个孩子坐在家里的沙发上，向镜头举着标语，上面写着：英国政府帮帮我们、英国救救我们。

　　35岁的N曾在2010年底至2012年初在阿富汗南部与英国军队共事，之后因“吸毒、偷窃”等指控被开除。但他强烈否认自己曾犯下这些罪行，坚称其中有所误会。

“英国政府帮帮我们、英国救救我们”“英国政府帮帮我们、英国救救我们”

　　31岁的W是四个孩子的父亲，他通过天空新闻试图劝说英政府带上他一起撤离。

　　他说：“请救救我，请保护我。我被抛弃了。恳请你们改变政策，不要丢下任何为英国军队工作的人。请保护所有翻译的安全，不要把我们留给塔利班。拜托，我们是人，不是机器……”

　　W在2009年至2014年期间曾在阿富汗赫尔曼德省担任翻译，他说自己曾“被错误地指控吸食大麻”。

　　天空新闻称，两人都无法对英军解雇他们的决定提出上诉，移居英国的申请也一再遭到拒绝。

　　在最近一次的申请被回绝后，N感到十分愤怒。他说：“我理应从英国得到帮助，来拯救我和我的家人。如果最后仍无法如愿……我要传达的信息很明确，英国和英国政府将蒙受耻辱。”

N和W分别展示他们受雇于英军的证据，图自天空新闻N和W分别展示他们受雇于英军的证据，图自天空新闻

　　美国总统拜登今年4月宣布，驻阿美军5月1日开始撤离，9月11日前完全撤出，美国在阿富汗的军事任务将于8月31日结束。在美国宣布撤军后，英国紧随其后，开始撤离在阿富汗的军队和工作人员。

　　今年4月，英国开始实施“阿富汗重新安置和援助政策”（ARAP）。该政策将使任何被评估为面临严重威胁的现任或前任当地雇员优先迁往英国，而不论其就业状况、级别或角色或服务时间长短。英国国防部补充称，他们会严格评估阿富汗当地人员的移居申请，曾因严重过失而被解雇的人将被排除在外。

　　根据天空新闻数据，英国军队有大约三分之一阿富汗本地雇员被解雇。截至目前，英国已经撤离了大约3000名在阿富汗工作的人员。

　　尽管英国政府坚称，他们正在为受雇于英军的阿富汗人尽一切可能，但英军的撤离政策正广受质疑。7月底，数十名前军方将领致信英国首相约翰逊，“强烈敦促”政府应重新考虑阿富汗翻译的移居申请。

　　值得一提的是，曾为美军工作的阿富汗公民同样“前途未卜”。白宫官员曾透露，美国政府计划安置2万以上阿富汗公民，他们主要是翻译官和其家人，但美国无意将这些阿富汗人转移到美国领土。

　　据彭博社报道，美国为此曾请求中亚三国乌兹别克斯坦、哈萨克斯坦和塔吉克斯坦暂时接纳约9000名阿富汗人。对此，乌兹别克斯坦直接表示办不到，其他两国则“默不作声”。

　　与此同时，阿富汗塔利班正对省会城市发起猛烈攻势。目前，阿塔已在数月内控制了该国近一半领土。

　　阿塔发言人8日宣布，该组织一天内攻占了三省（昆都士、萨尔普勒、塔哈尔）首府，这使得阿塔攻占的省会城市达到5座。半岛电视台称，这次闪电攻势似乎击溃了阿富汗政府军。