afghan interpreter. what do you think you can do about this? we have to be clear about this, the threats are there. they are going to murder innocent civilians. the people the taliban were threatening to murder were the family of tim mccullough s afghan interpreter bilal nasiri, someone he had relied upon when he d been on the ground in afghanistan working on reconstruction projects for the war torn country. and what was bilal s role as your interpreter? he was not somebody who just sits in a nice safe building. he was on patrol with us on a daily basis. but the difference being is he s not allowed to carry a weapon system. but he s still there. he s still in uniform. and often we d hear over the taliban chatter that the target was the interpreter, rather than the soldiers. because of the intelligence, and the skills that they could bring in order to help us understand how the taliban operated. and what the locals wanted. so, by taking an interpreter out, it would put the fea
in august, the world watched in horror as desperate afghan citizens tried to flee as the taliban swept back into control across the country. many feared a return to the brutal regime they knew from two decades ago. one of those watching was a royal navy officer from bangor whose life was about to take a dramatic turn because of events unfolding in kabul. i first spoke to him on good morning ulster as the taliban seized power. a bangor man who served in the armed forces in helmand province in 2012 says it s now a race against time to save the family of his afghan interpreter. what do you think you can do about this? we have to be clear about this, the threats are there 7 they are going to murder innocent civilians. the people the taliban were threatening to murder were the family of tim mccullough s afghan interpreter bilal nasiri, someone he had relied upon when he d been on the ground in afghanistan working on reconstruction projects for the war torn country. and what was bi
been approved in the us. clinical trials showed that the pill helped to significantly reduce depressive symptoms within three days. good evening. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn t allowed to hold public office for the next 5 years pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally hav
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