Afghan interpreter shares his journey as a refugee

As we work to help the Afghan refugees coming to our area, we wanted to share the perspective of one of those refugees.

He was determined to get to Colorado Springs to be near the U.S. army captain he worked for as an interpreter.

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Army captain.

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You know.

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Army and hadit.

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Then Washthere he went to the NatioFort Pickett Virginia.

Whethat the captain that I usback in Afghanistan.

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His next step Ernescan join the U.

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