Soldiers win legal battle to rescue Afghan interpreter

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The interpreter can settle in the UK after a campaign by veterans who felt they had 'left a man behind'.

A group of former British soldiers have won a legal battle to bring their Afghan interpreter to the UK.

He had failed to get national security clearance after being rejected for a job with the US armed forces.Josh Roberts, Paul Standen, Sam Knight and Vance Bacon-Sharratt - from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire - said they spent months under fire together with Abdul in Helmand Province.Many Afghans who worked for British forces were resettled in the UK via the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.

Mr Knight said he was "Speechless really... lost for words. Just happy that it's all come together because there were a lot of doubts and moments when we though it wasn't going well."

 

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Grrr

Disgraceful that these guys had to do this.....but huge congratulations on the ‘win’ Don’t suppose they’d consider forming a political party? 😂

I should bloody well think so Well done guys 👍

All I hope as He had failed to get national security clearance after being rejected for a job with the US is not Terror related and now we have him.

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