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The US State Department announced that it will only issue 1,500 visas this year for Afghan translators and interpreters who assisted the US military in its war in Afghanistan. That鈥檚 less than half the number typically issued. And now there鈥檚 none left. Matt Zeller, a former US army captain, and Ajmal Faqiri, a former Afghan translator, explain what the relationship between soldiers and interpreters is really like. (Image: Ajmal Faqiri, wearing a scarf, served as a translator for former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Credit: Courtesy of Ajmal Faqiri )
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