A former translator has told Sky News about escaping from Afghanistan to the UK as the Taliban took over the country.
Ziaullah Omer was an interpreter in Helmand province for the British forces from 2009 to 2010, where he translated Taliban radio communications.
He then served as a firefighter with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at Kabul Airport for seven years at the same time as working as an administrative assistant and liaison officer.
Mr Omer hopes to become a firefighter in London
After moving between homes to avoid the Taliban, Mr Omer was able to escape Afghanistan last Wednesday on a commercial flight organised by the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
He arrived with his wife and five children aged three to 10 and is now in a quarantine hotel in Manchester after his wife tested positive for COVID, but they will be resettled in London. His flight and accommodation is being paid for by the IOM.
Mr Omer said he is…
