Canadian veteran helps Afghan interpreter and his family escape Taliban rule
This Remembrance Day, the first since Afghanistan fell to Taliban forces in the summer, will be difficult for Canadians who fought in the Middle Eastern country, says a veteran who served two missions there.
Stephen Peddle, a Canadian Forces retired major, has been working to get some families of Afghan interpreters to safety.
“Afghanistan and the Taliban have a brilliant intelligence network. They know who helped NATO and they know who helpedthe Canadians and the Americans,” Peddle says.
“Their target list is very real, and they have a very savvy way of finding people who were fighting against them all these years.”