New claims Aussie special forces soldiers ‘gloated about torturing and slitting the throats of Afghan civilians and prisoners’ Confidential report revealed covering up of ‘blood lust’ from Australian soldiers Report details the conduct of soldiers in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2015 Some soldiers ‘gloated’ about illegal killings of unarmed civilians and prisoners By Andrew Prentice … Read more
Afghan interpreter who worked with British troops on the battlefield is stuck in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp after missing out on policy change that would allow him sanctuary in UK Former interpreter Nesar, 29, is trapped in the ‘hellhole’ Moria camp in Lesbos He missed out on a major policy change allowing Afghans sanctuary in … Read more
WikiLeaks withheld 15,000 documents about the Afghanistan war to ‘protect innocents’ from harm, the Old Bailey heard today Former Der Spiegel reporter John Goetz told Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that WikiLeaks was ‘removing bad stuff’ to ensure no one was put at risk. Assange, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army … Read more
Don’t abandon us: More than 100 Afghan translators who worked with British troops beg Boris Johnson to help them find sanctuary in UK More than 100 former Afghan translators for the British military fear the Taliban will hunt them down In a letter to be handed in to the British embassy in Kabul today, they … Read more
Hamid blamed an apparent breakdown in communication, with the Home Office failing to give any warning to the translators, the authorities in Glasgow or their dedicated case workers that the visas were about to be granted Five interpreters are enduring a ‘heartbreaking and shameful’ delay in being reunited with their families after a Home Office blunder. … Read more
Ministers promise a better deal for Afghan interpreters who helped British forces but were denied sanctuary Afghan translators who worked with British troops will be rewarded Just 2 interpreters have been allowed into the UK under a 2-year-old scheme Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson promised at the time that 50 interpreters would be given the … Read more
Hero translators’ fresh fight for justice: Ministers will discuss plans to offer dozens of Afghan interpreters sanctuary in Britain Ben Wallace and Priti Patel to discuss policy offering sanctuary to Afghan interpreters Gavin Williamson previously promised to let in 50 interpreters with their families Only two interpreters have come to Britain in the two years since … Read more
A teenage girl hailed a hero for gunning down two Taliban extremists who shot her parents dead in Afghanistan ‘killed her own husband’ when she opened fire, according to fresh reports. Qamar Gul, 15, was married to one of the two attackers she shot with an AK-47 after he tried to seize her back in … Read more
Hundreds of police hunt Afghan war veteran and his pet PUMA after ‘he pulled knife on zoo keepers’ and fled to the forest to avoid handing over the big cat in Poland Kamil Stanek was ordered to hand the puma over to Poznan Zoo in January On Friday, officials made a 200 mile journey to … Read more
Three Afghan refugees who claim to have been locked in UK immigration removal centre ‘cells’ for 11 hours every night are suing the Home Office. The men believe they were detained in ‘unlawful’ conditions during their time at Brooke House IRC, West Sussex, which was then run by private security firm G4S. A ‘lock-in regime’, … Read more