Afghan interpreter who volunteered with Kiwi troops: 'NZ is leaving me to face death' 6 minutes to read An Afghan interpreter who volunteered at an NZDF base and now fears for his life, with the Taliban threatening to behead him for his work with "infidels", has failed in his latest bid for residency in New Zealand. With the final Kiwi troops pulling out of Afghanistan over the next few weeks, a terrified Nowroz Ali says if he is killed, the New Zealand Government will have blood on its hands. Kiwi and American soldiers remember Ali as a smiling, trusted face. He volunteered to help at the front gate of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZ PRT) base in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Province in 2010.