‘The first group they will kill’: why Afghan allies are terrified about Australia’s exit

As Australian forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, local workers who helped coalition troops fear they have been left to the mercy of the Taliban

Naser Ahmadi remembers little of the ambush except noise and panic, and the terror of the moment.

It was the end of a routine morning in 2011, when Ahmadi was working as an interpreter for the Australian army in north Kandahar, training recruits for the fledgling Afghan national army.