Via the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22620207Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are to be given the right to live in the UK, government sources have confirmed.
The plan marks a climbdown from ministers who had decided they should not get the same UK resettlement rights as interpreters in the Iraq conflict.
Afghan interpreters who worked on the front line for a year or more will initially be offered a five-year visa.
More at link.
Personal opinion - About bloody time. We pay our debts.
