Taliban have killed Sohail Pardis, an Afghanistan interpreter for the United States of America’s (USA) army.
Pardis, 32, was on May 12, reportedly driving from his home in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, to nearby Khost province to pick up his sister for the upcoming Eid holiday celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan.
As he drove through a stretch of desert, his vehicle was blocked at a checkpoint by Taliban militants. He put his foot on the accelerator to speed through, but was not seen alive again.
Villagers who witnessed the incident told the Red Crescent, the Taliban shot his car before it swerved and stopped. They then dragged Pardis out of the vehicle and beheaded him.
Before then, the deceased was said to have confided with his friend that he was receiving death threats from the Taliban, who had discovered he had worked as a translator for the United States Army for 16 months during the 20-year-long conflict.
Pardis friend and co-worker Abdulhaq Ayoubi told CNN;
“They were telling him you are a spy for the Americans, you are the eyes of the Americans and you are infidel, and we will kill you and your family”.
In a statement issued in June, the Taliban said it would not harm those who worked alongside foreign forces. A Taliban spokesperson told CNN that they were attempting to verify the details of the incident but said some incidents are not what they are portrayed to be.
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