An organization that raised money to get interpreters out of the Taliban’s reach is winding down its fundraising campaign today, but is still pushing Ottawa to save the lives of those it promised to help, many of whom are still stranded in Afghanistan.
An organization that raised money to get interpreters out of the Taliban’s reach is winding down its fundraising campaign today.
“It has been a challenging and frustrating eight, now nine, months,” Oliver Thorne of the Veterans Transition Network said. “Where our frustration exists is with a government policy that doesn’t feel aligned with real needs of evacuation,” Thorne said. Retired Major-General Denis Thompson advises Aman Lara, a non-profit of veterans and former interpreters which is at the forefront of evacuation efforts.
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