Afghan interpreters asylum appeal

What were their old lives though?

Many of them would likely have been members of the northern alliance and anti taliban + a taliban target anyway
 
During war you make choices. Those choices have repercussions after wars.

We cant solve every single problem in the world we start.

Mind you 600 probably got off lorrys today in Dover and Hastings so really its not a big deal
 
You know what is actually funny...

These afghanistan interpreters will probably end up getting far more than those Gurkha who served our country for decades and got boned on their pensions which as far as I understand they are still fighting for.
It was only recently they got the right to live in our country even though they had been based in it for years and years....
 
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arknor said:
What were their old lives though?

Many of them would likely have been members of the northern alliance and anti taliban + a taliban target anyway
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What makes you think a large proportion would already have been soldiers? The militias wouldn't want to give up their soldiers anyway.

It would be more useful for translators to be sourced close to their operational area so they could advise on local customs and social structures.

Of course this is all conjecture on both our parts.
 
I have met a few (maybe 10?) none were northern alliance soldiers, the ones I got talking too were young and single, all were fairly westernized, think most were from Kabul area

not really sure on the Gurkha comparison - its not like we going to give them a full army pension either is it :rolleyes: once granted asylum they only get the same base benefits (if they need them) as the rest of us
 
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