The Sun on Sunday backs petition to help Afghan hero Mohammed Nabi Wardak after the UK ‘left him to be homeless prey for Taliban revenge killers’
Sign the petition to call on the British government to bring Nabi and his family to the UK
AN Afghan interpreter who bravely risked his life helping our soldiers in Helmand is now homeless – after UK military went back on their promises to protect him.
Mohammed Nabi Wardak, 30, who provided vital support and helped save dozens of lives between 2008 and 2011, was forced to flee his home by the Taliban.
In an exclusive interview, Nabi says: “The British soldiers were like my brothers on the frontline but the British Embassy doesn’t want to know me.
“They seem to want me to return to Afghanistan and be killed by the Taliban.
After 18 months of further intimidation he fled to Turkey and on to Greece, leaving his family behind and in hiding.
He was told he could either seek asylum in Athens or return to face the deadly Taliban in Afghanistan.
He says: “I had no choice. I can’t return home.
“Last year my cousin, a judge, was murdered in Kabul. And the family of my neighbour who worked for the Afghan National Army were victims of an attack.
"It is only a matter of time before the Taliban target my children.”
Sajid Javid said in March that 400 Afghan interpreters had been given asylum in the UK, but Nabi says the British Embassy told him “because they paid me for my services they don’t have any obligation to help me”.
He added: “When the British and Americans arrived I hoped it would lead us out of the darkness under the Taliban. Now I wish I’d never agreed to work for them. What has it achieved?”
Nabi’s plight was discovered by Jess Webster, whose Forge For Humanity charity helps homeless men in Athens.
His cause was taken up by Faith Matters in the UK, which organised the petition to the Home Office.