A former Afghan interpreter has described how he ignored a Taliban demand to quit his job with British forces, so the 'killing machines' murdered his brother
The woman, who gave her name as Tamkin, 28, was one of those who benefitted from the new scheme, along with her husband and their three young children.A group of 1,000 former interpreters and other staff - as well as their families - have arrived in the UK on a series of secret flights from Kabul over the last few weeks
She recalled the warnings:"If you do not leave your job, we are going to kill you or kill one of your family members." H said he did not think he or his family were genuinely in danger but in 2013, the Taliban came to his brother's house and stabbed him to death as punishment for H not quitting.After the murder, the British military allowed H to move to Kabul to work for British troops based in the capital because he hoped that would be safer.He recalled that one person in the car said:"It is him."Then someone stepped out of the car and punched him in the face.
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