AN AFGHAN soldier who risked his life fighting the Taliban alongside British soldiers fears his entire family could be massacred by the terror group in a revenge attack.
Nasim Noori, 41, paid smugglers to escape the war-torn country after Taliban fighters threatened to kill him & slaughtered his mother after finding out he had fought with UK troops.
The former Afghan fighter fears his wife, six children and brother could all be wiped out after being forced out of their homes in Helmand as fighting in the region intensifies.
Nasim, who is now living illegally in Turkey after being rejected asylum, says neither the Afghan or British government have been able to offer him help – despite fighting with troops for 14 years.
Afghanistan has been plunged into chaos after the withdrawal of US troops in the last few months, as Taliban forces launched a deadly assault on major towns & cities in their bloody quest to gain control.
It’s thought they now command a third of the country and have their eyes set on the three major cities of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar in what is described as some of the worst fighting seen in 20 years.
Ruthless Taliban militants have already slaughtered thousands of civilians and vowed to crush gay men to death by pushing walls on them as they plot to reinstate their strict interpretation of Sharia law across war-torn Afghanistan.
Nasim, whose brother is still fighting the Taliban on the frontline, is desperate to help his family escape the war-ravaged country fearing they could be murdered in cold blood due to his involvement with the British Army.
The dad-of-six told the Sun Online: ”When I asked the British for help, they told me to go elsewhere, go to the Afghan government, but they can’t help.
“I was targeted by the Taliban. They attacked my house and killed my mother in a firefight in the middle of the night when they found out I was working with the British.
“After that, I was told by Afghan intelligence it was best for me to leave.
”I have received many death threats and if I would have stayed it was a risk to me and my family.
”In the last few weeks, the Taliban took over my village and came to my home. They threatened my wife and children and told them to leave.”
“I fought alongside the British, but I do not blame them for [my situation]. I love the British, they are my brothers.”
Nasim Noori
The former Sergeant Major said he spent 14 years in total fighting alongside the British while working for the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS).
The NDS worked directly with many of the elite foreign forces in Afghanistan, including in the SAS and Navy Seals, and was involved in many special operations targeting and killing top Taliban leaders.
Since US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US Troops back in April, with the British announcing a similar plan, the extremist group has made steady advances in the country.
Nasim’s family have recently been forced to flee to provincial capital Lashkar Gah after Nasim only had enough cash to smuggle himself out of the country.
He fled via Pakistan and then Iran to Turkey and lives on just £300 a month, working illegally as a welder on a building site in the city of Tekirdağ west of Istanbul.
He said: ”I am trying to save enough money to smuggle my family here and would love to go to the UK, but I am here illegally, I have no passport, no papers.”
Overnight, Britain’s old base in the country was also seized by the Taliban after Afghan forces fled.
Former staff who worked there were left fearing for their lives as the British Embassy in Kabul said insurgents had massacred dozens of civilians in revenge killings when they seized government areas.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani blamed the sudden withdrawal of British and US troops for plunging his country back into civil war.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the militants plan to free Afghanistan from the “invasion of foreign countries” and enforce an extreme form of Sharia law derived from the Koran if the Islamic militants gain full control.
“An Islamic government should rule the country,” he told The Sun Online from Kabul.
“The hands of the individuals who have come from foreign countries and have stolen the country’s treasure should be cut off.
“Our aim is to liberate Afghanistan from the invasion of foreign countries and establish an independent and Islamic country rule by a righteous national figure to put an end to discrimination and theft of public treasure.”
There are an estimated 200,000 to 600,000 Afghan refugees in Turkey and unlike many of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees, they receive little support from the Turkish government and regularly risk deportation.
According to Nasim, who comes from a family of military fighters, the situation in Helmand and especially near the provincial capital is particularly bad at the moment
He said: “One of my four brothers is right NOW fighting outside Lashkar Gah…he was injured today on the frontline fighting against the Taliban,” he said proudly showing recent pictures of his brother on the battlefield.
“He was also trained and fought alongside the British, however, the Taliban are advancing now and the situation is very dangerous”, he added.
The UK government has announced a plan to resettle interpreters and those who worked with the British, however, the criteria has been very strict and does not cover Nasim, his brothers, and his family.
Despite not receiving any help from the UK government, when asked if he has any animosity towards the British Nasin stated:
“I fought alongside the British, but I do not blame them for [my situation]. I love the British, they are my brothers.”
