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Taliban on Door-to-Door Hunt for Afghans on Blacklist, Ex-Interpreter Says
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1:04Now PlayingA former interpreter for the British forces in Afghanistan who fled the country 12 days ago has warned the Taliban are on the hunt for Afghans who worked with foreign forces.
Khan Afghan's parents and brother are still in Afghanistan and he has called on the international community to help evacuate families of interpreters as he believes they are in serious danger.
Khan, who is originally from the Laghman province, applied for a visa to leave the country through the British embassy in Kabul and was granted one on account of his work with UK forces there.
Although his immediate family were evacuated, his parents and brother remain in the country and told him the Taliban were knocking on people's doors looking for Afghans who had worked with US and UK forces.
"The Taliban is knocking on the door and they're looking for people who work for the foreign forces, it's dangerous for our family," he said in an interview with U.K. news provider ITN.
Khan believes the Taliban will kill those that they find.
The Taliban say they have become more moderate since they last ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and have pledged to restore security and forgive those who fought them in the 20 years since a U.S.-led invasion.
But Khan says he doesn't believe this is true.
"I can't believe them. Nobody's going to believe them," he said.
Reports of targeted killings in areas overrun by the Taliban mounted Friday, fueling fears that they will return Afghanistan to the repressive rule they imposed when they were last in power, even as they urged imams to push a message of unity at Friday's prayers.
Terrified that the new de facto rulers would commit such abuses and despairing for their country's future, thousands have raced to Kabul's airport and border crossings following the Taliban's stunning blitz through Afghanistan.
Others have taken to the streets to protest the takeover - acts of defiance that Taliban fighters have violently suppressed.
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