'Don't punish my family' - one Afghan refugee's anguish for his relatives' plight


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Aug 2021

Mokhles, 35-years-old Afghan refugee, poses during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier REFILE - REMOVING INFORMATION

PARIS (Reuters) - For three days as Taliban forces swept with lightning speed toward Kabul, Mokhles R, an Afghan refugee in France, was unable to reach his parents and siblings who he knew were hunkered down in the Afghan capital.

With Kabul now under Taliban control, the former interpreter for Western military forces in Afghanistan is desperate to get them out of his homeland.

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