Since the US entered Afghanistan, it has hired thousands of Afghan interpreters. The Taliban has called them traitors who must be punished — and many have been. Since 2014, at least 300 Afghan interpreters, or their relatives, have been killed. Now, as many of these Afghans fear being left behind, The World’s Monica Campbell shares some of their stories.
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