A father of four who worked as an interpreter for U.S. special forces in Afghanistan before fleeing the country for safety in America has been fatally shot while working as a rideshare driver in Washington, D.C. this week, relatives and authorities say.
A father of four who worked as an interpreter for U.S. special forces in Afghanistan before fleeing the country for safety in America was fatally shot while working as a rideshare driver in Washington, D.C. this week, relatives and authorities said.
Ahmad Yar had initially started his life in the U.S. in Philadelphia but he felt it was too dangerous, so he moved to Northern Virginia, NBC Washington reported. Malone said Ahmad Yar had been driving into the early hours of Monday because he needed to make a bit of extra money to pay his rent.
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