31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, an Afghan interpreter for U.S. Army Special Forces who escaped the Taliban, was shot and killed earlier this week while driving for Lyft in Washington, D.C.
An Afghan interpreter for U.S. Army Special Forces who escaped the Taliban was shot and killed earlier this week while driving for Lyft in Washington, D.C.
Yar served with the U.S. Army for a decade in Afghanistan before the country fell under Taliban control, according to the GoFundMe. As a likely target for retribution by the insurgent group, he and his family escaped in 2021, relocating first to Philadelphia before settling in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C.
While in Pennsylvania, he was also reportedly robbed at gunpoint, according to friend Jeramie Malone. Security camera footage obtained by the station shows what appears to be four kids fleeing the scene of the shooting.“He was reaching, bro,” another replied.
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