Taliban threaten Afghan security guards who work for Australian embassy in Kabul

Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retribution

The Taliban have publicly threatened Afghan security guards who have worked for the soon-to-be-shut Australian embassy, circulating pictures of them online and warning they would be targeted for cooperating with a foreign government.

The Australian government announced this week that it was shutting its embassy in Kabul, citing an increasingly uncertain security environment" and saying its diplomats would not be safe in light of the imminent international military withdrawal from Afghanistan".