Major James Bolter had last seen Hashmat Nawabi nine years earlier as war raged in AfghanistanA serving soldier has been reunited with his Afghan interpreter after he arrived with his family in Britain on a “freedom flight” to escape the Taliban. Major James Bolter, 50, embraced Hashmat Nawabi, 36, known as Hash, and his wife and children at their two-bedroom flat in Glasgow, before they shared stories over a can of Pepsi and went out for burgers. SponsoredThey had last seen each other nine years earlier in Helmand province as the war raged. Bolter meets the youngest member of Hashmat and Sagofa Nawabi’s family, four-month-old Buhran. The couple also have a two-year-old son, Zahid TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOPBolter, who is a reservist in the Royal Logistic Corps, said it was “a day neither of us thought we would ever see” after he spent years fighting for Nawabi to be given sanctuary in the UK after his six-year service with the British military.

Source: The Times August 06, 2021 16:22 UTC