16 Aug 2021

Afghan man who helped NZDF fears for life, waits on evacuation

From Checkpoint, 6:08 pm on 16 August 2021

An Afghan volunteer interpreter says helping the NZDF will cost him his life if our government does not get him out now.

Nowroz Ali, who worked alongside Kiwi forces in Bamyan province, fears the worst if he is not part of an emergency evacuation being staged by the NZ Defence Force.

Taliban fighters have taken control of all major Afghan cities, sweeping into the capital Kabul overnight, seizing the presidential palace and declaring victory.

Nowroz Ali has made multiple applications to resettle in New Zealand - and is hopeful the work he's done will be enough to get him on the Hercules being sent in to rescue people.