Grigori Rasputin
Former Somali Minister of Mismanagement & Misinfo.
Staff Member
Wariyaha SomaliSpot
US said “YOUR CLAIM TO SETTLE YOU IN THE US HAS BEEN REJECTED BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN UNFAITHFUL “.
they literally told the guy you were our prostitute and prostitute can’t be housewives.
Omar* is in Kabul with his wife and children. He worked as a wartime interpreter for US and allied forces for five years - but now, he says, the US "has turned its back" on him.
"The president of the United States said, 'As you stood with us, we will stand with you'. So right now, where are they?"
Omar applied for a US visa in 2016, but was rejected for what the US embassy called a "lack of faithful and valuable service".
Now, Omar believes the Taliban's punishment will be worse for translators, despite a spokesman saying there will be "no revenge".
"There's no mercy for the linguists," he says. "The Taliban has said before, interpreters were the eyes and ears of the Americans - so the punishment will be different for us.
"As an interpreter I saved many American lives. So, they've really left me behind. Now I'm about to be killed, as is my family."
they literally told the guy you were our prostitute and prostitute can’t be housewives.
Omar* is in Kabul with his wife and children. He worked as a wartime interpreter for US and allied forces for five years - but now, he says, the US "has turned its back" on him.
"The president of the United States said, 'As you stood with us, we will stand with you'. So right now, where are they?"
Omar applied for a US visa in 2016, but was rejected for what the US embassy called a "lack of faithful and valuable service".
Now, Omar believes the Taliban's punishment will be worse for translators, despite a spokesman saying there will be "no revenge".
"There's no mercy for the linguists," he says. "The Taliban has said before, interpreters were the eyes and ears of the Americans - so the punishment will be different for us.
"As an interpreter I saved many American lives. So, they've really left me behind. Now I'm about to be killed, as is my family."