An Afghan interpreter, who launched a legal battle against a decision to deny him a resettlement visa in Australia, has had his case heard before Federal court
For five years Liaqat Khan put his life on the line, serving alongside Australian troops in Afghanistan as an interpreter attached to coalition forces."The Taliban are after them. There are regular spies and intelligence that are looking for them . Shots were fired on them and some of them left their areas because of the threats of the Taliban," he told SBS News.
Mr Khan has been working with retired Army Captain Jason Scanes to ensure the others don't suffer the same fate. "Certainly the references before the minister, spoke very, very highly of that applicant, and the people who provided those references were people who were on the ground working very closely with him," he told SBS News.Captain Scanes, who travelled to Sydney from Brisbane for the proceedings was among those who provided a reference.
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