Minister Nick Haekkerup

Minister Nick Haekkerup: The offer of asylum to protect translators from Taliban reprisal attacks comes after five members of former interpreter Sayed Shah Sharifis family were murdered by the militants in Kandahar on May 13. Among the victims were three small children, according to The Star. Denmark, which will pull out its combat troops in August, said Afghans who have worked with Danish soldiers would be given visas and allowed to apply for refugee status, although Defence Minister Nick Haekkerup did not specify how many and Britain and Denmark announced plans to give refuge to hundreds of Afghan interpreters, as the fate of Afghans who worked for NATO becomes a pressing political issue for the alliance as it withdraws its combat troops from the war-torn country. Britain, which has 9,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, plans to give 600 Afghan interpreters who worked on the front line with its soldiers for more than a year the chance to settle in the U.K. with a five-year visa, Prime Minister David Cameron said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.