[PDF] The Afghan Interpreter eBook

Author : Eddie Idrees
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1526758512

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The first memoir of an Afghan interpreter with the Coalition who served with both US Special Forces and the SAS over an eight year period. Eddie Idrees, a pseudonym for security reasons, has a fascinating and inspiring story to tell. Born in Afghanistan, he spent time as a refugee in Pakistan during the civil war dreaming of serving with the military. As this unique memoir reveals, his wishes came true in spades. For eight years from 2004, Eddie worked as an interpreter with, first, American Special Forces before moving across to the Special Air Service. A veteran of over 500 operations, he describes the most notable ones including breaking into a Taliban prison to free prisoners about to be executed. He was the first Afghan interpreter to parachute in with the SAS. His aim in writing his story is to explain the interpreter’s role and contribution and the challenges and threats they faced, not just from the Taliban. For all the media attention, these have never been fully understood. Eddie concludes by describing his experiences and emotions on leaving his fractured and politically corrupt homeland and making a new life in the United Kingdom. Special Forces Interpreter demands to be read and not just for its vivid and thrilling descriptions of Special Forces’ operations.

Author : Shah Wali Fazli
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466293120

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As an Afghan interpreter helping the NATO forces counter the Taliban in the country of his birth, Shabir Khan is lost between two worlds – that of his countrymen whose every suffering he experiences to his core and of the stunning landscapes of his homeland, and that of crusading foreign forces trying to counter the brutality of a group of fighters determined to stamp out the modernity of universal education, health care and equality among the Afghan people.As far as Mullah Aslam, who leads a band of Taliban guerrillas, is concerned, Shabir Khan and his fellow interpreters are traitors and American dogs who deserve to be captured, stabbed a thousand times and decapitated as soon as he can get his hands on them. For the NATO forces they support, they are emblematic of the ideal they are fighting for, and essential translators not only of the language itself, but of the psychology, culture and the terrain of the country they have been mandated to pacify.'The Interpreter' is a fictionalised first hand account, written by a real Afghan interpreter, of what it is like to patrol the wilds of Afghanistan, and to seek to enhance the daily lives of its people, under the relentless threat of imminent death and mutilation from sudden rocket and mortar attacks, ambushes, landmines and suicide bombers, and of the fates of the ordinary Afghan families who lose children, husbands and wives in their very homes as they are caught up in the maelstrom of the crossfire and of a ruthless propaganda war that counts lives wasted as daily victories.It is also the story of the vendetta between Mullah Aslam as the scourge of the NATO forces and Shabir Khan as their collaborator, and of the day they meet face-to-face, knowing that soon one or both of them must die.

Author : Hilary Footitt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 2023-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3031403835

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This book explores how endangered local interpreters in Afghanistan were seen through Western eyes in the period from 2014, when the West drew down the bulk of its military forces, to the summer of 2021, when NATO forces withdrew completely. The author examines how these interpreters were understood and represented by Western governments, militaries, agencies, press and lobby organisations, how the understandings changed over time, and to what extent the representations reflect distinct rationales for intervention/historic relationships with Afghanistan, specific immigration and anti-terrorism policies, and notions of citizenship. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, history, war studies, and migration studies.

Author : Joseph Cassar
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,46 MB
Release : 2023-02-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780645641301

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The story is about a young man fresh from high school who grows up during the entire period of the 20 year old war in Afghanistan, narrating his varied and unique experiences. In his dual role of an interpreter with the NATO forces and a private security manager he experienced first-hand the carnage on the convoy routes of the NATO forces to their regional centres, as well as on the streets of Kabul. Based on true events, this narrative non-fiction story is extracted from the diary notes kept by this young man who grew up in a city ubiquitously subjected to terror. The story taps into the ongoing struggle of this young father trying to build a decent life and career in a war-torn country. Thrown in the midst of a struggle between the tribal dominance of the Taliban culture and a fledgling democracy in Afghanistan his constant unease stirs him on to keep looking for a better life. Living on borrowed time before the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government, he steers through a series of possible options to get out of this stalemate. His life is one that swings on a pendulum from straight-out capture and being murdered across to desperate survival. The odds were high but so was his determination to achieve his goal.He ends up escaping in late August 2021 as a wanted political refugee with a humanitarian visa granted him by Australia.

Author : Jamil Hassan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631321696

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Few operations in the War on Terror in Afghanistan would have been possible without the help of a vital group-Afghan translators and interpreters. While these individuals served alongside our troops, often at significant risk, many did not make it out during the August 2021 withdrawal and are still awaiting evacuation. One who did manage to escape, however, was Afghan interpreter Jamil Hassan, and this is his story. Promises Betrayed provides a first-hand account of the evacuation, along with a historical narrative about the war in Afghanistan, all told from the unique perspective of an Afghan ally. Having served as a translator for General David Petraeus and General John Nicholson in Afghanistan meant that Jamil and his family were, and are, high-value targets for possible Taliban retribution. Like many Afghans, Jamil Hassan believed in what our leaders were selling-the hope for a better life and a better future. He served alongside our troops and worked toward goals anchored on promises made by our country. But in August 2021, those promises were broken. Everything Jamil Hassan-along with countless American and coalition soldiers-worked for, was swept aside during the disastrous August withdrawal. For all intents and purposes, Jamil's home country is now lost, probably forever, and the fate of his friends and family members left behind is tenuous at best. In the pages that follow you'll read Jamil's minute-by-minute account of how he and his family, by the narrowest of margins, eventually made their way onto a plane and out of Kabul, on August 18, 2021. Promises Betrayed tells the real story of America's "War on Terror" in Afghanistan, and how the Biden Administration's actions failed America, our allies, and most of all, the freedom-loving Afghans who were left behind. Promises Betrayed tells the real story of the War on Terror in Afghanistan, and how the Biden Administration's actions failed America, our allies, and most of all, the freedom-loving Afghans who were left behind.

Author : Nasirullah "John" Safi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Afghan War, 2001-2021
ISBN :

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"An account of the day-to-day life and combat experiences of an Afghan interpreter. Readers are introduced to the harsh reality and dangers that many of our Afghan partners face. Safi's journey from child into manhood is essential reading for those wishing to understand the dynamic culture and dangers facing US/Afghan interpreters. A vivid and introspective glimpse into the life of a combat-tested interpreter. Safi's story is hilarious, terrifying and sorrowing and he is a true voice of the Afghan war." - Amazon.com

Author : Ashraf Ghani
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195398610

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Author : Steve Miska
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781954988033

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During the war's worst fighting in 2006 and 2007, a handful of Iraqi interpreters put their lives on the line to help American troops. Families threatened, a bounty on their heads, ignored by the powers that be, they faced execution as collaborators with the enemy if they remained in their homeland. A Task Force Commander decides a promise made should be a promise kept. After the murders of several Iraqi allies, Lt. Col Steve Miska decides to slice through the bureaucratic red tape to get interpreters to safety. His team creates the Baghdad Underground Railroad to get the "terps" and other allies out of the country to Jordan for their Embassy interviews. Soldiers also tap their own families in the United States to serve as sponsors to house and assist the new immigrants. For the Iraqis, they face the struggle of adapting to a culture vastly different from their own. One of them even joins the U.S. Army and returns to Iraq as an American soldier. In this compelling memoir that illustrates humanity and compassion in the midst of war, Steve Miska highlights the plight of local allies, who are essential to the American cause in foreign wars but are often left behind. He also offers an insider's look at the complex and frustrating political reality of Iraq facing U.S. commanders and policymakers following the downfall of Saddam Hussein.

Author : Haji Razmi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1665531592

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The madness of mass shootings is raging in both of my homes; here, mass murderers dance under the banner of “Gun Freedom”, and there, they worship the flag of “Holy War”; The “lovers” of freedom take lives for their allegiance to the Second Amendment, while the “devotees” of Islam commit carnage for their fidelity to the Quran—other than that, they share the same “values”: They don’t demand money or jewelry from their victims, they do not ask them for intimacy or sexual favor, and, most of the times, they don’t even know their victims’ names, identities, religions, languages, nationalities, or the good and bad of their personalities. They slaughter them indiscriminately just for being human beings. The above is what this book is about; The life of an Afghan interpreter, who lost part of his family to a suicide attack in his country and then immigrated to the US in the hope to raise his children in the safety and security of this great country only to see the rest of his family being destroyed by gun violence.

Author : Bezhan Aminy
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2023-06-13
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This inspiring book tells the story of a courageous interpreter who selflessly supported the United States mission in Afghanistan, putting not only his own life but also his family on the line. He shares the many challenges he and his fellow translators faced while in Afghanistan, as well as the obstacles they continue to overcome in their new lives in the United States. The book conveys the remarkable progress Afghanistan has made from 2001 to 2021 and how the actions taken by America have had a significant impact on the lives of the Afghan people. The story of the Afghan Translator highlights the power of dedication and hard work in pursuing one's dreams, though opinions on whether they are a hero or traitor vary.