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'It lifts a shadow from our lives and means finally my family will be safe from the Taliban,' said the 29-year-old who worked for three years with military spies and frontline troops in Helmand Province.
Endangered local workers are being offered chance to come to Britain to protect them from possible reprisals if security worsens
40% of all civilian casualties from airstrikes in Afghanistan – almost 1,600 – in the last five years were children Format Between 2016-2020 (inclusive) there have, in Afghanistan, been: 3,977 total civilian casualties from airstrikes: 2,122 civilians killed, 1,855 civilians injured 1,598 total child casualties from airstrikes: 785 children killed, 813 children injured 40% of all civilian airstrike casualties were children (1,598 of 3,977) 37% of those civilians killed by airstrikes were children (785 of 2,122) 44% of those civilians injured by airstrikes were children (813 children of 1...
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BBC News By Jack Hunter image captionUK and US forces will leave Afghanistan by September AJ has been scared to leave his home in Kabul for months - he fears the Taliban want him and his family dead. Now in his early 30s, he is one of hundreds of Afghans who worked with British forces as interpreters and support staff, and who may now be targeted by the militants as a result. They fear the risk will only increase when foreign forces pull out this year. But AJ (who cannot reveal his name for fear of being attacked) has been repeatedly rejected for resettlement under UK government schemes to h...