Former military interpreters stranded in Afghanistan call on Trudeau for help

Hundreds of former interpreters for the Canadian military, still stranded in Afghanistan, have issued their own desperate pleas directly to the Liberal government.

The former translators, many of them from Kandahar, have sent a group email to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, several senior cabinet ministers and members of the media.

All of them have been hiding in safehouses in Kabul since the allied military evacuation ended almost two months ago. They have been supported and kept safe by a group of volunteers — mostly Canadian veterans whose fundraising efforts paid for lodging and meals — while they wait for immigration officials to approve their asylum