Breaking News, Taliban Raid 400 Afghan Special Forces trained secretly by British Army

At least 400 uk trained Afghan special forces troops hiding from the Taliban and want uk evacuation. A former translator for the British military is trying to help UK train special forces to escape from afghanistan and the taliban. Rafi Hatak who himself fled to the uk a decade ago says the soldiers deserve a life without fear of being killed.

Rafi Hatak 35 who used to work with british special forces in afghanistan and now lives in birmingham said he is compiling a list of names of elite commandos wanting help. He plans to present the list to the UK government in a bid to pressure ministers to act. They've served the british government for 20 years. They deserve a life without fear of being killed, he said.

Some of the most elite, specialist afghan military groups trained by uk us and other allied nations special forces were known by triple digits. one of them commando force CF 333 is believed to have been set up by uk special forces almost two decades ago. Its highly skilled members fought across afghanistan supported by their british counterparts right up until british U.S and other foreign troops withdrew. 

Rafi said they played a vital role in operations against terrorist and taliban targets helping to keep the streets of the uk safe. As well as bolster security in their own country.

These special forces were the front line against all those terrorist groups Rafi told Sky News in an interview, "leaving them behind i see it as a failure of the UK government a betrayal of these brave soldiers. They deserve to live a life of dignity and safety."

Rafi himself was forced to flee afghanistan and seek asylum in the uk in 2011 after receiving threats from the taliban because of his work with the british military. A married father of three he has since trained as an accountant and started his own business but his day job has taken a back seat since the fall of Kabul.

Now Rafi works from early morning until late at night. every day reaching out to contacts in afghanistan and compiling his list. As well as some 400 afghan special forces personnel, he has also gathered the names of at least 200 former interpreters and other staff who work directly for the British military or UK diplomatic mission in Afghanistan who also want a new life in the UK.

The government created a scheme to allow former employees the right to relocate to Britain. Many were rescued via this policy on evacuation flights, but a lot of people either had not yet received a reply to their application had their application rejected or had been accepted but could not make it to the airport.